Taxonomic List

TAXONOMIC LIST FOR ANIMAL REVIEW

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Porifera (sponges)

Class Hexactenellida (glass sponges)

Class Calcarea (calcareous sponges)

Class Demospongiae (commercial sponges)

Phylum Cnideria (sea jellies, sea anemones, corals, hydra)

Class Hydrozoa (hydra)

Class Scyphozoa (sea jellies)

Class Anthozoa (sea anemones, corals)

Phylum Playhelminthes (flatworms)

Class Turbellaria (planaria)

Class Trematoda (flukes)

Class Cestoda (tapeworms)

Phylum Nematoda (round worms)

Phylum Annelida (segmented worms)

Class Polychaeta (polychaetes, clam worms)

Class Oligochaeta (earthworms)

Class Hirudinea (leeches)

Phylum Arthropoda

Sub-phylum Chelicerata

Class Merostomata (horseshoe crab)

Class Pycnogonida (sea spiders)

Class Arachnida (scorpions, ticks, mites, spiders)

Sub-phylum Crustacea

Class Branchipoda (water fleas, tadpole shrimp, brine shrimp)

Class Cirripedia (barnacles)

Class Malacostraca (leeches)

Sub-phylum Uniramia

Class Chilopoda (centipedes)

Class Diplopoda (millipedes)

Class Insecta/Hexapoda (insects)

Phylum Mollusca (snails, clams, oysters, squids)

Class Polyplacophora (chitons)

Class Scaphopoda (tusk shells, toothshells)

Class Gastropoda (snails, slugs, nudibranchs)

Class Cephalapoda (squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautilus)

Class Bivalvia (clams, scallops, oysters)

Phylum Echinodermata (sea urchins, sand dollars, sea stars, brittle stars)

Class Asteroidea (sea stars)

Class Ophiuroidea (brittle stars)

Class Crinoidea (sea lillies, feather stars)

Class Echinoidea (sea urchins, sand dollars)

Class Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers)

Phylum Chordata

Sub-phylum Urochordata

Sub-phylum Cephalachordata

Sub-phylum Vertebrata

Class Agnatha (jawless fish)

Super-class Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)

Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)

Class Osteichthyes (bony fishes)

Class Amphibia (amphibians)

Class Reptilia (reptiles)

Class Aves (birds)

Class Mammals (mammals)