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Table 1. Classification
of the Invertebrates
(Contact)
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categories to view (alternative names in parenthesis):
Kingdom: PROTISTA (PROTOZOA) -- unicellular
microbes, plankton Phylum: Sarcomastigophora (Rhizoflagellata) Class:
Rhizopoda (Sarcodina) Order: Amoebina Order: Testaceea Order: Heliozoa Order: Radiolaria Order: Foraminifera Class: Mastigophora (Flagellata) Subclass: Phytomastigina Order:
Eglenoidea Order: Volvocina Order: Dinoflagellata Subclass: Zoomastigina
Class: Aconoidasida Class: Conoidasida Kingdom: CHROMALVEOLATA -- ciliates, water
molds Phylum: Heterokontophyta Phylum: Haptophyta Phylum: Cryptophyta
Superphylum: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora Class: Karyorelictea Class: Ciliata (Infusoria) Subclass: Protociliata Subclass: Euciliata Class: Phyllopharyngea Kingdom: ANIMALIA SubKingdom: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera -- Sponges
Class: Calcarea [COELENTERATA -- obsolete
category] SubKingdom: Metazoa (Eumetazoa) Phylum: Ctenophora (Previously
under Coelenterata)
Class: Tentaculata
Combs, corals, jelly fish
Class: Anthozoa -- flower animals
Subclass: Alcyonaria -- sea pens, sea fans Subclass: Zooantharia
-- sea anenomes, stony corals
Class: Hydrozoa -- hydra
Class: Leptolinae
Class: Scyphozoa -- jelly fish
[Order: Coronatae Phylum: Platyhelminthes (Superphylum Platyzoa) --
Flatworms
Class: Monogenea Subclass: Monogenea Subclass: Digenea Order: Acoela Order: Rhabdocoela Order: Tricladida Order: Polycladida Phylum: Nemertinea
(Nemertera)-- Ribbon or proboscis worms Phylum: Acanthocephala
-- Spiny-headed worms Class: Archiacanthocephala Class: Eoacanthocephala
Class: Palaeacanthocephala Phylum: Rotifera -- Wheel animals
Class: Monogononta Phylum: Gastrotricha -- Hairy backs
Class: Macrodasyida Phylum: Bryozoa (Ectoprocta) -- Ciliated crowns
Class: Stenolaemata |
Phylum: Brachiopoda -- Brachiopods Genus: Lingula Genus: Laqueus Phylum: Phoronidea -- horseshoe worms
Genus: Phoronis Phylum: Nematoda (
Nemathelminthes) -- roundworms Class: Adenophorea
Class: Secernentea Phylum: Nematomorpha (Gordiacea) --
Horsehair or Gordian worms
Class: Nectonematoida Phylum: Echinodermata --
starfish,
brittle stars
Class: Asteroidea
Class: Ophiuroidea
Class: Holothuroidea Phylum: Mollusca -- clams, oysters,
snails
Class: Pelecypoda (Bivalvia) Class: Gastropoda Subclass:
Prosobranchia Subgroup:
Opisthobranchia (Euthyneura) Subgroup: Pulmonata Class: Cephalopoda
Class: Scaphopoda
Class: Amphineura (Polyplacophora)
Class: Monoplacophora
Class: Aplacophora Phylum: Annelida -- ringed &
earthworms
Class: Polychaeta Phylum: Onychophora -- velvet worms or claw bearers Phylum: Arthropoda -- Insects, spiders,
centipedes, crustaceans Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Branchiopoda – brine
shrimp etc. Class: Remipedia -- blind
crustaceans Class: Cephalocarida – horseshoe
shrimp Class: Maxillopoda –
barnacles, fish lice, etc. Subclass:
Cirripedia -- barnacles Subclass:
Copepoda -- copepods Class: Ostracoda – seed
shrimp
Class: Malacostraca – lobsters,
crabs, shrimp, etc Super Order: Syncarida
-- mountain shrimps Order:
Mysidacea. -- Primarily marine
animals Order:
Cumacea -- hooded shrimps Order:
Leptostraca -- filter
feeders Order:
Isopoda. -- pill bugs, sow bugs Order:
Amphipoda. -- marine Order:
Stomatopoda. -- mantis shrimp Order:
Decapoda. -- lobsters, crayfish, crabs Subphylum: Trilobitomorpha Class: Trilobita –
trilobites (extinct) Subphylum: Myriapoda Class: Chilopoda –
centipedes Class: Diplopoda –
millipedes Class: Pauropoda -- related to centipedes Class: Symphyla -- garden centipedes Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida – spiders,
scorpions, etc. Class: Merostomata
(Xiphosura) –
horseshoe crabs Class: Pycnogonida – sea
spiders Class:
Eurypterida – sea scorpions (extinct) Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta – insects [Entomology] Class: Entognatha : Collembola
(springtails), Diplura
and Protura.
deuterostomes Class: Enteropneusta
Family: Harrimaniidae Class: Graptolithina (extinct) Class: Pterobranchia Class: Planctosphaeroidea Phylum: Chordata -- Tunicates, fish,
amphibians, birds, mammals
Subphylum: Cephalochordata -------------------------------- |