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Kingdom: Animalia

All animals are members of the Kingdom Animalia, also called Metazoa. All members are multi-cellular, and all rely directly or indirectly on other organisms for their nourishment.



 

Phylum: Mollusca

Phylum: Annelida

Phylum: Arthropoda

Phylum: Chordata

  • Phylum Sarcomastigophora 
    (Protists, protozoans, accelulates, unicellulates) 
  • Phylum Labyrinthomorpha 
  • Phylum Apicomplexa  
    • Class Perkinsea 
    • Class Sporozoea 
      • Subclass Gregarinia 
      • Subclass Coccidia 
      • Subclass Piroplasmia 
    • Class Myxosporea 
      • Order Bivalvulida 
      • Order Multivalvulida 
      • Class Actinosporea 
  • Phylum Microspora 
  • Phylum Ascetospora
  • Phylum Myxozoa  
  • Phylum Mesozoa 
  • Phylum Ciliophora 
    • Class Kinetofragminophorea 
      • Subclass Gymnostomatia 
        • Order Karyorelictida 
        • Order Pleurostomatida 
        • Order Primociliatida 
      • Subclass Vestibuliferia
        • Order Colpodida 
        • Order Entodinomorphida 
        • Order Trichostomatida 
      • Subclass Hypostomatia
        • Order Apostomatida  
        • Order Chonotrichida 
        • Order Cyrtophorida
        • Order Nassulida 
        • Order Rhynchodida 
        • Order Synhymeniida 
        • Order Synhymeniida 
      • Subclass Suctoria 
        • Order Suctorida 
    • Class Oligohymenophorea
      • Subclass Hymenostomatia 
        • Order AStomatida 
        • Order Hymenostomatida
        • Order Scuticociliatida  
      • Subclass Hysterocinetia 
        • Order Hysterocinetida 
      • Subclass Peritrichia 
        • Order Peritrichida 
    • Class Polyhmenophorea 
      • Subclass Spirotrichia 
        • Order Heterotrichida 
        • Order Hypotrichida 
        • Order Odontostomatida
        • Order Oligotrichida
  • Phylum Hemimastigophora 
  • Phylum Placozoa 
  • Phylum Porifera 
    • Class Calcarea (Ordovician - Recent)
    • Class Hexactinellida (Lower Cambrian - Recent)
    • Class Demospongia (Precambrian - Recent)
    • Class Sclerospongia 
    • Class Stromatoporidea (Cambrian - Creataceous)
  • Phylum Bryozoa  
    • Class Stenolaemata 
      • Order Cyclostomatida
      • Order Trepostomatida
      • Order Cystoporatida 
      • Order Fenestrata 
      • Order Cyrptostomatida
        • Class Gymnolaemata
      • Order Clenostomatida 
      • Order Cheilostomatida
        • Class Phylactomaemata
  •  Phylum Cnidaria  
    • Class Protomedusae (Latest Precambrian - Ordovician)
    • Class Hydrozoa
          • Order Leptomedusae
          • Order Anthomedusae (Fire Coral)
          • Order Siphonophora
          • Order Thecata
    • Class Scyphozoa (Common Sea Jelly)
          • Order Conularida (Classification uncertain)
    • Class Cubozoa (Sea Wasps)
    • Class Anthozoa
      • Subclass Rugosa
          • Order Stauriida (Mid Ordovician - Upper Permian)
          • Order Cystiphyllida (Mid Ordovician - Mid Devonian)
      • Subclass Scleractinia
          • Order Fungiida (solitary and colonial reef building corals
          • Order Faviida
          • Order Caryophyliida
          • Order Dendrophyliida
      • Subclass Tabulata
          • Order Chaetetida
          • Order Tetradiida
          • Order sarcinulida
          • Order Heliolitida
          • Order Halysitida
          • Order Auloporida

     

  • Phylum Ctenophora 
  • Phylum Platyhelminthes  
    • Class Turbellaria 
      • Order Acoela (Flatworms)  
      • Order Tricladida (Planarians) 
      • Order Polycladida (Polyclad Flatworms)
      • Class Monogenea 
      • Class Trematoda  
      • Class Cestoda 
  • Phylum Nemertea 
  • Phylum Rotifera 
  • Phylum Gastrotricha
  • Phylum Kinorhyncha 
  • Phylum Gnathostomulida 
  • Phylum Nematoda 
    • Class Adenophorea 
    • Class Secernentea
    • Class Strongylida 
    • Class Tylenchida  
  • Phylum Priapulida 
  • Phylum Nematomorpha 
  • Phylum Acanthocephala 
  • Phylum Entoprocta  
  • Phylum Loricifera  
  • Phylum Annelida  
    • Class Polychaeta (sand worms, tube worms)
    • Class Oligochaeta (Earth worms)
    • Class Hirudinea (leeches) 
  • Phylum Arthropoda 
    • Subphylum Chelicerata
      • Class Merostomata (horseshoe crabs, eurypterids)
        • Subclass Xiphosura (horsehoe crabs)
        • Subclass Eurypterida (extinct Eurypterids)
      • Class Pycnogonida (sea spiders)
      • Class Arachnida (spiders, ticks, mites)
            • Order Scorpiones -- scorpions
            • Order Pseudoscorpiones (Chelonethida)
            • Order Opiliones (Phalangida) -- daddy long legs
            • Order Uropygi -- whip "scorpions", vinegaroon
            • Order Amblypygi -- tailless whip scorpions
            • Order Schizomida
            • Order Palpigradi
            • Order Solifugae (Solpugida) -- sun "spiders", wind "scorpions"
            • Order Ricinulei *1
            • Order Acari *1-- mites and ticks
            • Order Araneae *1 -- spiders
    • Subphylum Crustacea
      • Class Remipedia
      • Class Ostracoda (ostracods)
      • Class Cephalocarida
      • Class Branchiopoda (fairy shrimp, water fleas)
      • Class Maxillopoda
      • Class Cirropedia (barnacles)
      • Class Malacostraca (isopods, amphipods, krill, crabs, shrimp)
    • Subphylum Uniramia
      • Class Chilopoda (centipedes)
      • Class Diplopoda (millipedes)
      • Class Insecta
    • Subphylum Trilobitomorpha
      • Class Trilobita
            • Order Agnostiida
            • Order Redlichiida
            • Order Corynexochida
            • Order Ptychopariida
            • Order Phacopida
  • Phylum Echiurida   
    • Class Crinoidea (sea lilies)
      • Subclass Camerata (Middle Ordovician - Permian)
      • Subclass Inadunata (Lower Ordovician - Upper Permian)
      • Subclass Flecibilia (Middle Ordovician - Upper Permian)
      • Subclass Articulata (Triassic - Recent) The only living subclass of crinoids.
    • Class Cystoidea (Lower Ordovician -Upper Devonian {similar to crinoidea})
    • Class Blastoidea (Silurian - Permian)
    • Class Stelleroidea (Star Fish) updated
      • Subclass Asteroidea (Lower Ordovician - Recent)
      • Subclass Ophiuroidea (Brittle Stars)
    • Class Edrioasteroidea (Lower Cambrian - Mississippian)
    • Class Echinoidea (Sea Urchins)
          • Order Cidaroidea (Upper Silurian - Recent)
          • Order Holectypoida (Lower Jurassic - Recent)
          • Order Clypeasteroidea (Upper Cretaceous - Recent) - Sand Dollars
          • Order Cassiduloida (Jurassic - Recent)
          • Order Spantangoida (Lower - Recent)
    • Class Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers)
  • Phylum Sipuncula 
  • Phylum Tardigrada 
  • Phylum Pentastomida 
  • Phylum Onychophora 
  • Phylum Pogonophora 
  • Phylum Phoronida 
  • Phylum Ectoprocta 
  • Phylum Brachiopoda 
    • Class Inarticulata (Lower Cambrian - Recent) 
    • Class Articulata 
      • Order Orthida (Lower Cambrian - Upper Permian) 
      • Order Strophomenida (Lower Ordovician - Lower Jurassic) 
      • Order Pentamerida (Middle Cambrian - Upper Devonian) 
      • Order Rhynchonellida (Middle Ordovician - Recent) 
      • Order Spiriferida (Middle Ordovician - Jurassic) 
  • Phylum Mollusca 
    • Class Aplacophora
    • Class Monoplacophora
        • Order Tryblidioidea
    • Class Polyplacophora
        • Order Neoloricata (Chitons)
    • Class Scaphopoda (Dentallium, or Tusk shells)
    • Class Gastropoda
      • Subclass Prosobranchia
        • Order Archaeogastropoda (button shells)
          • Superfamily Bellerophontacea (Bellerophontids) (Upper Cambrian - Lower Triassic)
          • Superfamily Macluritacea (an early group of gastropods that are slightly less symmetrical than the bellerophontids; Upper Cambrian - Upper Cretaceous) also often know to the begining collector as "that darn thing that looks like an ammonoid from a distance!"
          • Superfamily Euomphalacea (Lower Ordovician - Upper Cretaceous)
          • Superfamily Pleurotomariacea (Upper Cambrian - Recent)
            • Worthenia
            • Trepospira
          • Superfamily Trochonematacea
          • Superfamily Fissurellacae
          • Superfamily Platyceratacea
          • Superfamily Microdomatacea
          • Superfamily Trochacea
          • Superfamily Neritacea
          • Superfamily Murchisoniacea
        • Order Mesogastropoda ("snails")
          • Superfamily Cyclophoracea
          • Superfamily Subulitacea
          • Superfamily Loxonematacea
          • Superfamily Cerithiacea
          • Superfamily Strombacea
          • Superfamily Calyptraecea
          • Superfamily Cypraeacea
          • Superfamily Naticacea
          • Superfamily Tonnacea
        • Order Neogastropoda (conus)
          • Superfamily Muricacea
          • Superfamily Buccinacea
          • Superfamily Volutacea
          • Superfamily Conacea
          • Order Neritacea
      Subclass Opisthobranchia (sea slugs)
        • Order Acochlidioidea
        • Order Cephalaspidea
        • Order Runcinoidea
        • Order Sacoglossa
        • Order Anaspidea
        • Order Thecosomata
        • Order Gymnosomata
        • Order Notaspidea
        • Order Nudibranchia
    • Subclass Pulmonata (land snails & slugs)
    • Class Bivalvia (systematics unsettled)
            • Superfamily under construction
    • Class Cephalopoda
      • Subclass Endoceratoidea
          • Order Endocerida
      • Subclass Actinoceratoidea
      • Subclass Ammonoidea
          • Order Anarcestida
          • Order Goniatida (Mid Devonian - Upper Permian)
          • Order Ceratitida
          • Order Lytoceratida
          • Order Ammonitida
      • Subclass Nautiloidea
          • Order Orthocerida
          • Order Onocerida
          • Order Discosorida
          • Order Tarphycerida
          • Order Nautilida
      • Subclass Coleoidea
          • Order Belemnoidea
          • Order Octopoda
            • Suborder Cirrata
            • Suborder Incirrata
              • Family Octopodidae
          • Order Sepioidea (Cuttlefish and Sepiolas)
              • Family Sepiidae
          • Order Teuthoidea (Squid)
            • Suborder Myopsida
              • Family Loliginidae
            • Suborder Oegopsida
              • Family Ommastrephidae
          • Order Vampyromorpha
    • Class Rostroconchia
    • Class Caudofoveata
    • Class Solenogastres
  • Phylum Chaetognatha 
  • Phylum Echinodermata 
  • Phylum Hemichordata (Graptolites) 
    • Class Graptolithina (Middle Cambrian - Mississippian) 
  • Phylum Chordata (Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, etc.)
    • Subphylum Urochordata (tunicates; sea squirts)
    • Subphylum Cephalochordata (lancets)
    • Subphylum Vertebrata
      • Superclass Agnatha (Jawless fish)
        • Class Myxini (hag fish)
        • Class Cephalospidomorphi (lampreys)
      • Superclass Gnathostomata
        • Class Chonrichthyes- Sharks
        • Class Osteicthyes - Fish
        • Class Amphibia - Frogs
        • Class Reptilia - Snakes, Lizards, etc
          • Subclass Anapsida
            • OrderTestudines
          • Subclass Diapsida
            • Superorder Lepidosauria
              • Order Squamata
              • Order Sphenodonata
            • Superorder Archosauria
              • Order Saurischia (extinct)
              • Order Ornithischia (extinct)
              • Order Crocodilia
          • Subclass Synapsida (Extinct mammal-like reptiles such as the Dimetrodon)
        • Class Aves
          • Superorder Paleognathae
            • Order Struthioniformes
              • Family Struthionidae - ostrich
            • Order Rheiformes - rheas
            • Order Casuariiformes - cassowaries, emus
            • Order Apterygiformes - kiwis
            • Order Tinamiformes - tinamous
          • Superorder Neognathae
            • Order Pteroclidiformes
              • Family Pteroclidae - Sandgrouse
            • Order Spheniscformes
              • Family Spheniscidae - Pengiuns
            • Order Gaviiformes - Loons
            • Order Podicipediformes
              • Family Podicipedidae - Grebes
            • Order Procellariiformes - albatrosses, petrels, fulmars, shearwaters
              • Family Diomedeidae - albatrosses
            • Order Pelecaniformes
              • Family Phaethontidae - Tropic birds
              • Family Pelecanidae - Pelicans
              • Family Sulidae - Boobies and gannets
              • Family Phalacrocoracidae - Commorants
              • Family Anhingidae - Darters
              • Family Fregatidae - Frigatebirds
            • Order Ciconiiformes
              • Family Ardeidae - Herons
              • Family Scopidae - Hammerkop
              • Family Ciconiidae - Storks
              • Family Threskiornthidae - Ibises and Spoonbills
              • Family Phoenicopteridae - Flamingoes
            • Order Anseriformes - swans, geese, ducks
              • Family Anatidae - Ducks and Geese
            • Order Falconiformes
              • Family Accipitridae - Hawks, Eagles, and Old World Vultures
              • Family Falconidae - Falcons
            • Order Galliformes - quail, grouse, pheasents, turkeys, domestic fowl
              • Family Phasianidae - Partridges
              • Family Numididae - Guineafowl
            • Order Passeriformes - perching songbirds
              • Family Alaudidae - Larks
              • Family Hirundinidae - Swallows
              • Family Motacillidae - Pipits and Wagtails
              • Family Pycnonotidae - Bulbuls
              • Family Malaconotidae - Bush-shrikes
              • Family Laniidae - "True" shrikes
              • Family Prionopidae - Helmet-shrikes
              • Family Vangidae - Vangas
              • Family Turdidae - Thrushes (accidentally named "turd bird" by a drunken taxonomist; just kidding)
              • Family Timaliidae - Babblers
              • Family Sylviidae - Warblers
              • Family Muscicapidae - Flycatchers
              • Family Tyrannidae - Tyrant-Fly-catchers
              • Family Monarchidae - Monarch-Flycatchers
              • Family Remizidae - Penduline-tits
              • Family Nectariniidae - Sunbirds
              • Family Zosteropidae - White-eyes
              • Family Emberizidae - Buntings
              • Family Fringillidae - Finches
              • Family Estrididae - Waxbills
              • Family Ploceidae - Weavers
              • Family Sturnidae - Starlings
              • Family Oriolidae - Orioles
              • Family Dicuridae - Drongos
              • Family Corvidae - Crows
            • Order Gruiformes - crains, rails, coots
              • Family Gruidae - Cranes
              • Family Rallidae - Rails
              • Family Otididae - Bustards
            • Order Charadriiformes - gulls, plovers, sandpipers, terns, woodcocks
              • Family Jacanidae - Jacanas
              • Family Recurvirostridae - Stilts
              • Family Burhinidae - Thick-knees
              • Family Glareolidae - Coursers and Pratincoles
              • Family Charadriidae - Plovers
              • Family Scolopacidae - Sandpipers
              • Family Laridae - Gulls
              • Family Sternidae - Terns
              • Family Rynchopidae - Skimmers
            • Order Columbiformes - pigeons, doves
              • Family Columbidae - Pigeons and doves
            • Order Psittaciformes - parrots, parakeets
              • Family Psittacidae - Parrots
            • Order Cuculiformes - cuckoos, roadrunners
              • Family Musophagidae - Turacos
            • Order Strigiformes - owls
              • Family Strigidae - Owls
            • Order Caprimulgiformes - whipporwhills, nighthawks
              • Family Caprimulgidae - Nightjars
            • Order Apodiformes - Swifts, hummingbirds
              • Family Apodidae - Swifts
            • Order Coliiformes - mousebirds
              • Family Coliidae - Mousebirds
            • Order Trogoniformes - trogons
              • Family Trogonidae - Trogons
            • Order Coraciiformes - kingfishers, hornbills
              • Family Alcedinidae - Kingfishers
              • Family Meropidae - Bee-eaters
              • Family Coraciidae - Rollers
              • Family Upupidae - Hoopoe
                • Genus Upupa
                  • Species epops
              • Family Phoeniculidae - Wood-Hoopoes
              • Family Bucerotidae - Hornbills
            • Order Piciformes - woodpeckers, toucans, puffbirds
              • Family Capitonidae - Barbets
              • Family Indicatoridae - Honeyguides
              • Family Picidae - Woodpeckers
        • Class Mammalia

 

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