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 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

        • 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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