Zool 250 - Animal Classification

(According to Pearse/Buchsbaum, 1987)

KINGDOMPHYLUMSUBPHYLUMCLASSSUBCLASS#Orders
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PROTISTA (groups)....(35 phyla!)
- "Phytoflagellates".....
- "Zooflagellates".....
.CHOANOFLAGELLATA....
- "Sarcodines".....
- "Sporozoans".....
- "Ciliates".....
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ANIMALIA
.PORIFERA....
..Cellularia...
...Calcarea.??
...Sclerospongiae.??
...Demospongiae.??
..Symplasma...
...Hexactinellida.??
.PLACOZOA...??
.ORTHONECTIDA...??
.DICYEMIDA...??
.CNIDARIA....
...Hydrozoa.10
...Scyphozoa.5
...Anthozoa..
....Hexacorallia7
....Octocorallia7
.CTENOPHORA....
...Tentaculata.4
...Nuda.1
.PLATYHELMINTHES....
...Turbellaria.13
...Monogenea..
....Monopisthocotylea4
....Polypisthocotylea8
...Trematoda..
....Aspidogastrea??
....Digenea??
...Cestoidea..
....Cestodaria2
....Cestoda2
.GNATHOSTOMULIDA...??
.NEMERTEA....
...Anopla.2
...Enopla.2
.NEMATODA....
...Adenophorea..
....Chromadoria5
....Enoplia5
...Secernentea..
....Rhabditia3
....Spiruria4
....Diplogasteria3
.NEMATOMORPHA....
...Gordioidea.??
...Nectonematoidea.??
.ACANTHOCEPHELA....
...Archiacanthocephala.??
...Palaeacanthocephala.??
...Eoacanthocephala.??
.ROTIFERA....
...Digononta.2
...Monogononta.3
.GASTROTRICHA...2
.KINORHYNCHA...2
.LORICIFERA....
.TARDIGRADA...3
.MOLLUSCA....
...Aplacophora.2
...Polyplacophora.??
...Monoplacophora.??
...Gastropoda..
....Prosobranchia3
....Opisthobranchia>7
....Pulmonata2
...Bivalvia..
....Paleotaxodonta??
....Cryptodonta??
....Pteriomorpha??
....Heterodonta??
....Anomalodesmata??
...Scaphopoda.??
...Cephalopoda..
....Ammonoidea??
....Nautiloidea??
....Coleoidea3
.ANNELIDA....
...Polychaeta..
...."Errantia"2
...."Sedentaria"7
...Oligochaeta.??
...Hirudinea.4
.ECHIURA...??
.SIPUNCULA...??
.POGONOPHORA...3
.PRIAPULA...??
.ONYCHOPHORA...1
.ARTHROPODA....
..CRUSTACEA...
...Remipedia.??
...Cephalocarida.??
...Branchiopoda.4
...Malacostraca..
....Phyllocarida1
....Hoplocarida1
....Eumalacostraca12
...Maxillopoda..
....Mystacocarida??
....Tantulocarida??
....Copepoda9
....Branchiura2
....Cirripedia4
...Ostracoda.3
..CHELICERATA...
...Merostomata.1
...Arachnida.11
...Pycnogonida.??
..UNIRAMIA...
..SupCl-Myriapoda...
...Chilopoda.4
...Diplopoda.10
...Symphyla.??
...Pauropoda.??
..SupCl-Insecta...
...Protura.??
...Collembola.??
...Diplura.??
...Thysanura.??
...Pterygota..
....Exopterygota18
....Endopterygota9
.CHAETOGNATHA...??
.PHORONIDA...??
.BRACHIOPODA....
...Inarticulata.2
...Articulata.3
.BRYOZOA....
...Stenolaemata.1
...Gymnolaemata.2
...Phylactolaemata.??
.KAMPTOZOA...1
.EDHINODERMATA....
...Asteroidea.??
...Ophiuroidea.??
...Concentricycloidea.??
...Crinoidea.??
...Echinoidea.??
...Holothuroidea.??
.HEMICHORDATA....
...Pterobranchia.1
...Enteropneusta.1
.CHORDATA....
..UROCHORDATA...
...Ascidiacea.2
...Sorberacea.??
...Thaliacea.3
...Appendicularia.??
..CEPHALOCHORDATA..??
..VERTEBRATA...

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