Phylum

Of biology, taxonomic group and kingdom.

(biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes.

This concept's ID is @1~43615

Animalia

  • Arthropoda 13 facts

    Jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes.

  • Nematoda 11 facts

    Unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms.

  • Chordata 6 facts

    Comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord.

  • Mollusca 6 facts

    Gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons.

  • Echinodermata 6 facts

    Radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins...

  • Ctenophora 5 facts

    Comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata.

  • Platyhelminthes 5 facts

    Flatworms.

  • Annelida 5 facts

    Segmented worms: earthworms; lugworms; leeches.

  • Chaetognatha 3 facts

    Arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine worms.

  • Bryozoa 3 facts

    Marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids.

  • Acanthocephala 1 facts

    Phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates:...

  • Nemertea 1 facts

    Proboscis worms.

  • Pogonophora 1 facts

    Beard worms.

  • Rotifera 1 facts

    A phylum including: rotifers.

  • Phoronida 1 facts

    Small phylum of wormlike marine animals.

  • Cycliophora 1 facts

    Tiny marine organisms each the size of a period found in great numbers on lobsters'...

  • Brachiopoda 1 facts

    Marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks.

  • Sipuncula 1 facts

    Peanut worms.

Chordata

Bryozoa

  • Ectoprocta 1 facts

    Coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa.

  • Entoprocta 1 facts

    Sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa.

Biology

  • class 150 facts

    (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders.

  • subphylum 0 facts

    (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class.

Protoctista

  • Protozoa 5 facts

    In some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates;...

  • Cryptophyta 1 facts

    A phylum in the kingdom Protoctista.

Also contains

  • division 18 facts

    (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum.

  • Cnidaria 7 facts

    Hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals.

  • Porifera 3 facts

    Coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges.

  • Pentastomida 1 facts

    Tongue worms.

  • Pyrrophyta 0 facts

    A division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy...