Phyla - Divisions |
| EUMETAZOA |
| Chordates |
- Craniata - Vertebrates (mammals, birds,
reptiles, amphibia, fish)
- Urochordata - Tunicates (Sea squirts, larvaceans, thaliaceans)
- Cephalochordata - Lancelets
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| Arthropods |
- Chelicerata - Spiders etc (scorpions, mites,
ticks etc.)
- Mandibulata - Insects etc (mosquitoes, fleas,
lice, beetles etc.)
- Annelida - Annelid worms
- Crustacea - Crustaceans & Pentastomes (water
fleas, barnacles, crabs, woodlice etc.)
- Mollusca - Molluscs (octopus, mussels, snails etc.)
- Sipuncula - Sipunculids, Sipunculans (Peanut worms)
- Echiura - Echiurans, Echiurids (Spoon worms)
- Pogonophora - Beard worms, Tube worms
- Onychophora - Velvet worms, peripatuses
- Tardigrada - Water bears, Tardigrades
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| Not sub-classified |
- Platyhelminthes - Flat worms (tapeworms
and flukes)
- Nematoda - Nematodes (roundworms)
- Acanthocephala - Thorny-headed worms
- Cnidaria - Hydroids(hydras) and medusas (jellyfish)
- Ctenophora - Comb jellies
- Gnathostomulidae - gnathostomulids (jaw worms)
- Rhombozoa - Dicyemids and heterocyemids
- Orthonectida - Orthonectids
- Nemertina - Ribbon worms
- Nematomorpha - Gordian worms, horsehair worms
- Rotifera - rotifers
- Kinorhyncha - Kinorhynchs
- Priapulida - Priapulids
- Gastrotricha - Gastrotrichs
- Loricifera - Loriciferans
- Entoprocta - Entoprocts
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| Lophorates |
- Bryozoa - Moss animals
- Brachiopoda - Lamp shells
- Phoronida - Phoronids
- Chaetognatha - Arrow worms
- Hemichordata - Acorn worms
- Echinodermata - Sea urchins, starfish and sea cucumbers
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| PARAZOA |
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- Placazoa - trichoplaxes
- Porifera - poriferans (sponges)
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