┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Second organic kingdom: MULTICELLULAR, histona. │ │ │ │ Organisms which are only unicellular at the │ │ beginning of their existence, are later │ │ multicellular, and always form real tissues │ │ (_histobia_) by the firm conjunction of social cells. │ │ │ │ Sub─kingdom of the histona. │ ├────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┤ │ C. TISSUE PLANTS │ D. TISSUE ANIMALS │ │ (metaphyta). │ (metazoa). │ │ │ │ │ C. Character: │ D. Character: │ │ Plasmodomous. │ Phasmophagous. │ │ │ │ │ Multicellulars with │ Multicellulars with │ │ vegetal metabolism: │ animal metabolism: │ │ Carbon─assimilation. │ Albumin─assimilation. │ │ │ │ │ CHIEF GROUPS: │ CHIEF GROUPS: │ │ │ │ │ I. Thallophyta. │ I. Cœlenteria │ │ │ (cœlenterata). │ │ Thallus─plants. Metaphyta │ │ │ with thallus: Algæ, mycetæ │ Metazoa without body │ │ (fungi). │ cavity and anus: Gastræada. │ │ │ Sponges, cnidaria, platodes. │ │ II. Mesophyta. │ │ │ │ II. Cœlomaria │ │ Median plants, with │ (bilaterals). │ │ prothallium: Mosses, ferns │ │ │ (muscinæ filicinæ). │ Metazoa with body cavity │ │ │ and anus (generally also │ │ │ blood─vessels). Vermalia, │ │ III. Anthophyta │ mollusca, echinoderma, │ │ (phanerogams). │ articulata, tunicata, │ │ │ vertebrata. │ │ Flowering plants, with │ │ │ blooms and seeds │ │ │ (spermophyta): │ │ │ Gymnosperms, angiosperms. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │