The Animal Kingdom

(Metazoa)
Ziser, 2008
Kingdom Metazoa (Animals)
Phylum: Porifera [Sponges]
Phylum: Placozoa
Phylum: Cnidaria [Jellyfish & Corals]
Phylum: Ctenophora [Comb Jellys]
Phylum: Acoelomorpha
Phylum: Platyhelminthes [Flatworms]
Phylum: Mesozoa
Phylum: Nemertea [Ribbonworms]
Phylum: Gnathostomulida
Phylum: Micrognathozoa
Phylum: Rotifera
Phylum: Acanthocephala [Spiny-Headed Worms]
Phylum: Cycliophora
Phylum: Gastrotricha
Phylum: Entoprocta
Phylum: Ectoprocta [Bryozoa]
Phylum: Brachiopoda [Lampshells]
Phylum: Phoronida
Phylum: Mollusca [Molluscs]
Phylum: Annelida [Segmented Worms]
Phylum: Echiura [Spoonworms]
Phylum: Sipuncula [Peanut Worms]
Phylum: Nematoda [Roundworms]
Phylum: Nematomorpha [Horsehair Worms]
Phylum: Kinorhyncha
Phylum: Priapulida
Phylum: Loricifera
Phylum: Onycophora [Velvet Worms]
Phylum: Tardigrada [Water Bears]
Phylum: Arthropoda [Arthropods]
Subphylum: Trilobita
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Merostomata (horshoe crabs)
Class: Pycnogonida (sea spiders)
Class: Arachnida (spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks)
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda (tadpole shrimp, water fleas, brine shrimp, fairy shrimp)
Class: Maxillipoda (seed shrimp, copepods, fish lice, barnacles)
Class: Malacostraca (shrimp, crabs, lobsters, crayfish, pill bugs, amphipods,)
Class: Remipedia
Class: Cephalocarida
Class: Pentastomida (tongue worms)
Subphylum: Uniramia
Class: Chilopoda (centipedes)
Class: Diplopoda (millipedes)
Class: Pauropoda
Class: Symphyla
Class: Insecta
Order: Protura
Order: Diplura
Order: Collembola (springtails, snowfleas)
Order: Thysanura (silverfish, bristletails)
Order: Ephemeroptera (mayflies)
Order: Odonata (dragonflies, damselflies)
Order: Orthoptera (locusts, grasshoppers, walking sticks, praying mantis)
Order: Dermaptera (earwigs)
Order: Plecoptera (stoneflies)
Order: Isoptera (termites)
Order: Embioptera (webspinners)
Order: Psocoptera (book lice, bark lice)
Order: Zoraptera
Order: Mallophata (biting lice
Order: Anoplura (sucking lice)
Order: Thysanoptera (thrips)
Order: Hemiptera (true bugs; squash bugs, chinch bugs, stink bugs)
Order: Homoptera (cicadas, aphids, scale insects, leafhoppers)
Order: Neuroptera (dobsonflies, at lios, lacewings)
Order: Coleoptera (beetles, fireflies, weevils)
Order: Strepsiptera
 Order: Mecoptera (scorpionflies)
Order: Lepidoptera (butterflies, skippers, moths)
Order: Diptera (true flies; fruit flies, house flies, mosquitoes, crane flies)
Order: Trichoptera (caddisflies)
Order: Siphonaptera (fleas)
Order: Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps, hornets)
Phylum: Chaetognatha [Arrowworms]
Phylum: Echinodermata [Echinoderms]
Phylum: Hemichordata [Acornworms]
Phylum: Chordata [Chordates]
Subphylum: Urochordata invertebrates
Subphylum: Cephalochordata ________________
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Agnatha
Class: Chondrichthyes vertebrates
Class: Osteichthyes
Class: Amphibia
Class: Reptilia
Class: Aves
Class: Mammalia
Order: Marsupialia (opossums)
Order: Insectivora (shrews and moles)
Order: Chiroptera (bats)
Order: Edentata (armadillos)
Order: Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares
Order: Rodentia (rats, mice, squirrels, gophers, beavers)
Order: Cetacea (whales and dolphins)
Order: Carnivora (dogs, bears, raccoons, skunks, cats)
Order: Pinnipedia (sea lions, walruses)
Order: Sirenia (manatees, sea cows)
Order: Artiodactyla (deer, bison, cows, pigs, goats)
Order: Perissodactyla (horses, donkeys)
Order: Primates (lemurs, monkeys, gorillas, baboons, humans)
Suborder: Prosimii (lemurs, bush babies, tarsiers, lorises)
Suborder: Anthropoidea
Superfamily: Ceboidea (new world monkeys)
Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea (old world monkeys)
Superfamily: Hominoidea
Family: Hylobatidae (gibbons)
Family: Pongidae (apes, chimpanzees, gorillas)
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Australopithecus
Genus: Homo
Species: Homo habilis
Species: Homo erectus
Species: Homo sapiens (humans)
Subspecies: Homo sapiens neanderthalis
Subspecies: Homo sapiens sapiens (modern humans)