Zootaxa

A rapid international journal for animal taxonomists

Zoosystem: taxonomic richess

 

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum †Trilobozoa

  Radiata

    Spongiaria

Phylum Porifera (5,000 to 10,000 spp)

    Placozoa

Phylum Placozoa (2 species of placozoans)

    Coelenterata

Phylum Myxozoa (2,200 species of ciliated protozoans)

Phylum Ctenophora  (150 spesis of comb Jellies; after C. Mills)

Phylum Cnidaria (11,300 species)

Phylum †Vendobionta (5 species?)

  Bilateria

Phylum Acoelomorpha (100 species)

Phylum Orthonectida (12 species)

Phylum Dicyemida (40 species)

   Protostomia

    Platyzoa

Phylum Gnathostomulida (90 species)

Phylum Cycliophora (1 species)

Phylum Micrognathozoa (1 species)

Phylum Rotifera (1,500 species)

Phylum Acanthocephala (800 species) 

Phylum Gastrotricha (400 species)

Phylum Platyhelminthes (25,000 species)

    Lophotrochozoa

Phylum Phoronida (13 species)

Phylum Brachiopoda (340 species)

Phylum Bryozoa

Phylum Entoprocta (150 species)

Phylum Nemertea (1,100 species)

Phylum Sipuncula (150 species)

Phylum Mollusca (110,000 species)

Phylum †Hyolitha (160 species)

Phylum Echiura (140 species)

Phylum Annelida (12,000 species)

    Ecdysozoa 

Phylum Chaetognatha (140 species)

Phylum Nematoda (12,000 species)

Phylum Nematomorpha (340 species)

Phylum Priapulida (20 species)

Phylum Kinorhyncha (120 species)

Phylum Loricifera (100 species)

Phylum Onychophora  (120 species)

Phylum Tardigrada (800 species)

Phylum Arthropoda (1,020,000)

   Deuterostomia

Phylum †Vetulicolia

    Coelomopora

Phylum Echinodermata (5000 species)

Phylum Hemichordata (88 species)

    Chordonia

Phylum Chordata (48000 species)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith