Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Cnidaria

Current position

Anthozoa (Subphylum) Ehrenberg, 1831

Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 34).

Alternative positions

Cnidaria (Phylum) Hatschek, 1888	Ref: B.C. Das, 2007: 20.
Nematophora (Phylum) Huxley, 1850	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 443.

Historical positions

Anthozoa (Subphylum) Ehrenberg, 1831	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 34).
Cnidaria (Phylum) Hatschek, 1888	Ref: B.C. Das, 2007: 20.
Cnidaria (Phylum) Hatschek, 1888	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 124-148, fig. 7.75A-B.
Cnidaria (Phylum) Hatschek, 1888	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 50.
Cnidaria (Phylum) Hatschek, 1888	Ref: C. Nielsen, 2001: fig. 8.2.
Cnidaria (Phylum) Hatschek, 1888	Ref: M.J. Costello et al., 2001: 104.
Coelenterata (Phylum) Leuckart, 1847	Ref: 1998
Cnidaria (Phylum) Hatschek, 1888	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Cnidaria (Phylum) Hatschek, 1888	Ref: S. Bengtson, 1992: table 23.5 (p. 1020).
Cnidaria (Phylum) Hatschek, 1888	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Cnidaria (Phylum) Hatschek, 1888	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Cnidaria (Phylum) Hatschek, 1888	Ref: D.F. Dunn, 1982: 686.
Cnidaria (Phylum) Hatschek, 1888	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 170.
Cnidaria (Phylum) Hatschek, 1888	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 320.
Cnidaria (Phylum) Hatschek, 1888	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 593.
Nematophora (Phylum) Huxley, 1850	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 443.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	12o;129f;607g;310s;3ss;8v; †8o;5f;78g;71s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	2,300*g6,000s
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	6000s
1987	R.S. Boardman et al.	~2,300*g>6,000s
1982	D.F. Dunn	[3sc]15o[121f638-648g]
1982	L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz	6,200s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	~6,100s
1877	E.R. Lankester: 443	[3o]