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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
- Class Scyphozoa (Common Sea Jelly)
- Class Cubozoa (Sea Wasps)
- Class Anthozoa
  - Subclass Rugosa
  - Subclass Scleractinia
  - Subclass Tabulata
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)
- 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
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)
- 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
- Class Polyplacophora
- 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)
- Subclass Pulmonata (land snails & slugs)
- Class Bivalvia (systematics unsettled)
- Class Cephalopoda
  - Subclass Endoceratoidea
  - Subclass Actinoceratoidea
  - Subclass Ammonoidea
  - Subclass Nautiloidea
  - Subclass Coleoidea
- 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
      - 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
      - Subclass Prototheria
        
        Order Monotremata -- Monotremes: platypus and echidnas
      - Subclass Metatheria (marsupials)
        
        Order Didelphimorphia
        
        Order Paucituberculata
        
        Order Microbiotheria
        
        Order Dasyuromorphia
        
        Order Peramelemorphia
        
        Order Notoryctemorphia
        
        Order Diprotodontia
      - Subclass Eutheria (placentals)
        
        Order Insectivora -- Insectivores: shrews, moles, hedgehogs, tenrecs, etc.
        
        Order Macroscelidea -- elephant shrews
        
        Order Scandentia -- tree shrews
        
        Order Dermoptera -- colugos
        
        Order Chiroptera --bats
        
        Order Primates --primates
        
        Order Xenarthra -- edentates; sloths, armadillos and anteaters
        
        Order Pholidota -- pangolins
        
        Order Lagomorpha -- rabbits and pikas
        
        Order Rodentia -- rodents
        
        Order Cetacea -- whales, dolphins, and porpoises
        
        Order Carnivora -- carnivores
        
        Order Tubulidentata --aardvark
        
        Order Proboscidea -- elephants
        
        Order Hyracoidea -- hyraxes
        
        Order Sirenia -- dugongs and manatees
        
        Order Perissodactyla -- horses, rhinos, tapirs
        
        Order Artiodactyla -- antelope, giraffe, camels, pigs, hippos, etc.

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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

Subclass Prototheria

Subclass Metatheria (marsupials)

Subclass Eutheria (placentals)

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