Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia

Phylogeny

Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)

Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 415.

Current position

Platytrochozoa (Clade) Struck, Wey-Fabrizius, Golombek, Hering, Weigert, Bleidorn, Klebow, Iakovenko, Hausdorf, Petersen, Kück, Herlyn & Hankeln 2014

Ref: T.-M. Lu et al., 2017: 6 (fig. 4a). [indirect]

Alternative positions

Metazoa ([unranked]) Haeckel 1874	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 415.
Platyhelminthes (Phylum) Gegenbaur, 1859	Ref: K.J. Peterson & D.J. Eernisse, 2001: 171.
Spiralia ([unranked]) Schleip, 1929	Ref: T.-M. Lu et al., 2017: 6 (fig. 4a).

Historical positions

Spiralia ([unranked]) Schleip, 1929	Ref: T.-M. Lu et al., 2017: 6 (fig. 4a), 7.
Metazoa ([unranked]) Haeckel 1874	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 415.
Platyhelminthes (Phylum) Gegenbaur, 1859	Ref: K.J. Peterson & D.J. Eernisse, 2001: 171.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2p;1c;3o;5f;13g;102s;1v
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 28 Apr 2019	[2p;1c;3o;5f;13g]