Which of the following statements concerning animal taxonomy is (are) true? 1.Animals are more closely related to plants than to fungi. 2.All animal clades based on body plan have been found to be incorrect. 3.Kingdom Animalia is monophyletic. 4.Only animals reproduce by sexual means. 5.Animals are thought to have evolved from flagellated protists similar to modern choanoflagellates.

Animal diversity is the variety of animals that have resulted from adaptations and modifications to their internal and external morphology, shape, size, and behavior.