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Taxon: Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals (animal)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
Status: extant
   actualia - actual entities
  Status: extant
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
    Status: extant
       naturalia - natural bodies
      Status: extant
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
        Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater, terrestrial & aerial); Period: Archean - Present (3770 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
          Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Archean - Present (3420 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
            Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present (1650 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
              Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present [2500 Mya - present]; Status: extant
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present [2500 Mya - present]; Status: extant
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                  Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present [2500 Mya - present]; Status: extant
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                    Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present (1400 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                      Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present (1010 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                        Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present (1010 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                          Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present [2500 Mya - present]; Status: extant
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                            Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present (760 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                               Class Filasterea Cavalier-Smith, 2008 [coordinate rank] [monotypic]
                              Status: extant
                               Class Choanoflagellatea Cavalier-Smith, 1998 [coordinate rank]
                              Period: middle Cretaceous - Present (100.5 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                               ?»Genus Corallochytrium Raghu-Kumar, 1987 [monotypic]
                              Status: extant
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                              Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present (760 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                                 »Phylum Xenacoelomorpha Philippe, Brinkmann, Copley, Moroz, Nakano, Poustka, Wallberg, Peterson & Telford, 2011
                                Status: extant
                                 1 †"Problematica" Andrews, 1970, incertae sedis
                                Status: fossil
                                 2 Phylum Ctenophora Eschscholtz, 1829 [coordinate rank] - comb jellies
                                Period: Early Cambrian - Present (518 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                                 3.1 Phylum Porifera Grant, 1836 [coordinate rank] - sponges
                                Period: Proterozoic - Present (760 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                                 3.1.1 »Class †Radiocyatha Debrenne, Termier & Termier, 1970, incertae sedis
                                Status: fossil
                                 3.2.1 Phylum †Vendozoa Seilacher, 1984 [coordinate rank]
                                Status: fossil
                                 3.2.2 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.1.1 »Phylum Placozoa Grell, 1971 [monotypic]
                                Period: Middle Triassic - Present [247.2 Mya - present]; Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.1.3 »Phylum Cnidaria Hatschek, 1888 - cnidarians
                                Period: Ediacaran - Present (600 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2 »Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Ediacaran - Present (567 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.1.3.1 ?»Genus Buddenbrockia O. Schröder, 1910 [monotypic]
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.6.2 »Phylum Rhombozoa Krohn, 1839
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.6.3 »Phylum Orthonectida Giard, 1880 [monotypic] - orthonectids
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.1.1.1 »Phylum Platyhelminthes Gegenbaur, 1859 - flatworms
                                Distribution: Asia; Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.1.1.2 »Phylum Gastrotricha Metschnikoff, 1864 - gastrotrichs
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.1.1.3.1 »Phylum Micrognathozoa Kristensen & Funch, 2000 [monotypic]
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.1.1.3.2 »Phylum Gnathostomulida Ax, 1956 - gnathostomulids
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.1.2.1 »Phylum Cycliophora Funch & Kristensen, 1995 [monotypic] - cycliophorans
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.1.2.2 »Phylum Bryozoa Ehrenberg, 1831 - bryozoans
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.1.2.2.1 »Phylum Entoprocta Nitsche, 1869 - entoprocts
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.1.2.3.1 »Phylum Phoronida Hatschek, 1888 - phoronids
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.1.2.3.2 »Phylum Brachiopoda Duméril, 1806 - brachiopods
                                Distribution: Asia; Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.1.2.4 »Phylum Nemertea Schultze, 1851 - ribbon worms
                                Distribution: Holarctic/Arctic; Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.1.2.5.1 »Phylum Annelida Lamarck, 1809 - segmented worms
                                Distribution: Holarctic/Arctic; Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.1.2.5.2 »Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
                                Distribution: Holarctic/Arctic; Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.2.1 »Phylum Chaetognatha Leuckart, 1854 - chaetognaths
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.2.2.1.1 »Phylum Kinorhyncha Reinhard, 1887 - kinorhynchs
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.2.2.1.2 »Phylum Loricifera Kristensen, 1983 [monotypic] - loriciferans
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.2.2.1.3 »Phylum Priapulida Delage & Hérouard, 1897 - priapulids
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.2.2.2.1 »Phylum Nematoda Gegenbaur, 1859 - round worms
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.2.2.2.2 »Phylum Nematomorpha Vejdovsky, 1886 - horsehair worms
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.2.3.2 »Phylum Tardigrada Doyère, 1840 - tardigrades
                                Distribution: Holarctic/Arctic; Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.2.3.3 »Phylum Onychophora Grube, 1853 - velvet worms
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.1.2.3.4 »Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
                                Distribution: Holarctic/Arctic; Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.2.2.2.1 »Phylum Echinodermata Bruguière, 1789 - echinoderms
                                Distribution: Red Sea; Period: Ediacaran - Present (555 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.2.2.2.2 »Phylum Hemichordata Bateson, 1885 - hemichordates
                                Status: extant
                                 3.2.2.2.7.2.3 »Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Ediacaran - Present (555 - 0 Mya); Status: extant

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