Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia

Current position

Mesozoa ([unranked]) van Beneden, 1876

Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 415. [inferred rank]

Alternative positions

Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 7.
Mesozoa ([unranked]) van Beneden, 1876	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990: 48.
Protostomia ([unranked]) Grobben, 1908	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 36); 5 Mar 2016. [implicit]
Protostomia (Infrakingdom) Grobben, 1908	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 36). [implicit]

Historical positions

Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: T. Rees et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 132).
N.N. (Superphylum)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 36).
Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 7.
Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2011: 9.
Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 208, 232-235.
Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990: 173.
Mesozoa ([unranked]) van Beneden, 1876	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990: 48. [alternative position]

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2o;3f;8g;78s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 5 Mar 2016	[2o;3f;8g]
2020	T. Rees et al.: table 2 (p. 132)	11ng;9g; †0g
2013	Z.-Q. Zhang: 7	107s; †0s
2011	Z.-Q. Zhang: 9	123s
2011	Z.-Q. Zhang: 9	123s