Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia

Phylogeny

Branch-based clade

Ref: A. Wallberg et al., 2004: 560 ("most inclusive group").

Defined by included taxon (and all taxa more closely related to it than to the excluded taxon)

Bilateria ([unranked]) Hatschek, 1888		Ref: A. Wallberg et al., 2004: 560.
Cnidaria ([unranked]) Hatschek, 1888		Ref: A. Wallberg et al., 2004: 560.

Defined by excluded taxon

Ctenophora ([unranked]) Eschscholtz, 1829

Ref: A. Wallberg et al., 2004: 560.

Current position

Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: G. Giribet & G.D. Edgecombe, 2019: 168 (fig. 1a). [inferred]

Alternative positions

Metazoa ([unranked]) Haeckel 1874

Ref: G. Giribet & G.D. Edgecombe, 2019: 168 (fig. 1a).

Historical positions

Metazoa ([unranked]) Haeckel 1874

Ref: G. Giribet & G.D. Edgecombe, 2019: 168 (fig. 1c).

Number of Subtaxa

2024

Available in Systema Naturae 2000

31p;86c;541o;6049f;78,029g;213,554s;28,306ss;471v;1; ‡2o;20f;118g;514s;110ss;1v; †2p;63c;472o;2723f;11,405g;4921s;107ss;2v;104