Taxonavigation
Superregnum:
Eukaryota
Cladus:
Unikonta
Cladus:
Opisthokonta
Cladus:
Holozoa
Regnum:
Animalia
Subregna (2):
Eumetazoa
?
Parazoa
incertae sedis
:
Classes: †
Chitinozoa
Ordines: †
Conulariida
? †
Chancelloriida
Familiae: †
Anabaritidae
Genera: †
Annulusichnus
? †
Aspidella
? †
Dinomischus
? †
Parvancorina
? †
Siphusauctum
? †
Thectardis
? †
Tullimonstrum
Overview of phyla
Extant (34):
Acanthocephala
?
Annelida
?
Arthropoda
?
Brachiopoda
?
Bryozoa
?
Chaetognatha
?
Chordata
?
Cnidaria
?
Ctenophora
?
Cycliophora
?
Dicyemida
?
Echinodermata
?
Entoprocta
?
Gastrotricha
?
Gnathostomulida
?
Hemichordata
?
Kinorhyncha
?
Loricifera
?
Micrognathozoa
?
Mollusca
?
Nematoda
?
Nematomorpha
?
Nemertea
?
Onychophora
?
Orthonectida
?
Phoronida
?
Placozoa
?
Platyhelminthes
?
Porifera
?
Priapulida
?
Rotifera
?
Sipuncula
?
Tardigrada
?
Xenacoelomorpha
[Source:
Catalogue of Life version 2024-03-26
]
Nomen dubium (1):
?
Monoblastozoa
Fossil (2):
†
Trilobozoa
?
†
Vendobionta
Name
Animalia
Linnaeus
, 1758
emend.
Synonyms
Classifications
- Main page:
Animalia (classifications)
.
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?ivali
српски / srpski:
Животи?а
Sunda:
Sato
svenska:
Djur
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Tagalog:
Hayop
Turkce:
Hayvanlar
укра?нська:
Тварини
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o?zbekcha / ?збекча:
Hayvonlar
Ti?ng Vi?t:
đ?ng v?t
West-Vlams:
Beeste
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中文(??):
?物界
中文(繁體):
動物界
?語:
動物界