animal phyla

Phylum Porifera
Phylum Cnidaria

  • Polyp body form

  • Medusa body form


Phylum Ctenophora


The ecdysozoans

Phylum Nematoda
Phylum Arthropoda

  • Subphylum Chelicerata

  • Subphylum Myriapoda

  • Subphylum Crustacea

  • Subphylum Hexapoda (Class Insecta )



    The Lophotrochozoans:

Phylum Platyhelminthes

  • Class Turbellaria

  • Class Cestoda

  • Class Trematoda

Phylum Rotifera

Phylum Mollusca

  • Class Polyplacophora

  • Class Gastropoda

  • Class Cephalopoda

  • Class Bivalvia

Phylum Annelida

  • Class Polychaeta

  • Class Hirudinea

  • Class Oligochaeta


    The Deuterostomes:

Phylum Echinodermata

Phylum Chordata

  • Subphylum Urochordata (tunicates)

  • Subphylum Cephalochordata (lancelets)

  • Class Myxini (hagfish)

  • Class Petrozontida (lamprey)

  • Class Chondrichthyes (sharks & rays)

  • Class Ostiechthyes (bony fish)

  • Class Amphibia

  • Class Reptilia

  • Class Aves

  • Class Mammalia