WoRMS taxon details
Animalia
2 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2)
accepted
Kingdom
Biota
Metazoa · unaccepted
- Phylum Acanthocephala
- Phylum Annelida
- Phylum Arthropoda
- Phylum Brachiopoda
- Phylum Bryozoa
- Phylum Chaetognatha
- Phylum Chordata
- Phylum Cnidaria
- Phylum Ctenophora
- Phylum Cycliophora
- Phylum Dicyemida
- Phylum Echinodermata
- Phylum Entoprocta
- Phylum Gastrotricha
- Phylum Gnathifera
- Phylum Gnathostomulida
- Phylum Hemichordata
- Phylum Kinorhyncha
- Phylum Loricifera
- Phylum Mollusca
- Phylum Nematoda
- Phylum Nematomorpha
- Phylum Nemertea
- Phylum Orthonectida
- Phylum Phoronida
- Phylum Placozoa
- Phylum Platyhelminthes
- Phylum Porifera
- Phylum Priapulida
- Phylum Rotifera
- Phylum Tardigrada
- Phylum Xenacoelomorpha
- Phylum Aschelminthes (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, obsolete name)
- Phylum Cephalorhyncha (no longer in use)
- Phylum Coelenterata (unaccepted > nomen nudum, Not a monophyletic group)
- Phylum Ectoprocta accepted as Bryozoa (synonym)
- Phylum Lophophorata
- Phylum Mesozoa accepted as Dicyemida
- Subkingdom Metazoa accepted as Animalia
- Phylum Nemata accepted as Nematoda
- Phylum Nemertini accepted as Nemertea
- Phylum Pentastomida accepted as Pentastomida
- Phylum Pogonophora accepted as Siboglinidae Caullery, 1914 (superfluous rank/name)
- Phylum Rhynchocoela accepted as Nemertea (synonym)
- Phylum Rotatoria accepted as Rotifera (Junior synonym)
- Phylum Sipunculida accepted as Sipuncula (synonym)
- Phylum Nemertina represented as Nemertea
- Subkingdom Animalia incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
WoRMS (2026). Animalia. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2 on 2026-03-09
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Nomenclature
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Source Unless otherwise indicated, the main source for phyla is Margulis & Schwartz (1982), class to family is Hayward & Ryland (1990). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | dieren | [details] |
| English | animals | [details] |
| French | animaux | [details] |
| German | Tiere | [details] |
| Japanese | 動物界 | [details] |