#phylum (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
supertype: taxonomic_group__taxonomicgroup__taxon animal or plant group having natural relations
member: subphylum class
member of: kingdom
subtype: phylum_Pyrrophyta__Pyrrophyta a division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds
subtype: phylum_Protozoa__Protozoa in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers
subtype: phylum_Cryptophyta__Cryptophyta a phylum in the kingdom Protoctista
subtype: phylum_Chordata__Chordata comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
subtype: subphylum_Cephalochordata__Cephalochordata lancelets
subtype: subphylum_Urochordata__Urochordata__Urochorda__subphylum_Urochorda__Tunicata__subphylum_Tunicata tunicates
subtype: subphylum_Vertebrata__Vertebrata__Craniata__subphylum_Craniata fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
subtype: phylum_Arthropoda__Arthropoda jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes
subtype: subphylum_Pentastomida__Pentastomida tongue worms
subtype: phylum_Porifera__Porifera coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges
subtype: phylum_Cnidaria__Cnidaria__Coelenterata__phylum_Coelenterata hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals
subtype: phylum_Ctenophora__Ctenophora comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata
subtype: phylum_Acanthocephala__Acanthocephala phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms
subtype: phylum_Chaetognatha__Chaetognatha arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine worms
subtype: phylum_Platyhelminthes__Platyhelminthes flatworms
subtype: phylum_Nemertea__Nemertea__Nemertina__phylum_Nemertina proboscis worms
subtype: phylum_Pogonophora__Pogonophora beard worms
subtype: phylum_Rotifera__Rotifera a phylum including: rotifers
subtype: phylum_Nematoda__Nematoda__Aschelminthes__phylum_Aschelminthes unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms
subtype: phylum_Annelida__Annelida segmented worms: earthworms; lugworms; leeches
subtype: phylum_Mollusca__Mollusca gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons
subtype: phylum_Phoronida__Phoronida__Phoronidea small phylum of wormlike marine animals
subtype: phylum_Bryozoa__Bryozoa__polyzoa marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids
subtype: phylum_Ectoprocta__Ectoprocta coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa
subtype: phylum_Entoprocta__Entoprocta__Endoprocta sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa
subtype: phylum_Cycliophora__Cycliophora tiny marine organisms each the size of a period found in great numbers on lobsters' lips; identified tentatively in 1995 as a new phylum or as possible link between Entoprocta and Ectoprocta
subtype: phylum_Brachiopoda__Brachiopoda marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks
subtype: phylum_Sipuncula__Sipuncula peanut worms
subtype: phylum_Echinodermata__Echinodermata radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers
subtype: division.phylum (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
subtype: division_Protista__Protista eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae
subtype: Thallophyta used only in former classifications: comprising what is now considered a heterogeneous assemblage of flowerless and seedless organisms: algae; bacteria; fungi; lichens
subtype: division_Tracheophyta__Tracheophyta in former classifications: comprising plants with a vascular system including ferns and fern allies as well as seed plants
subtype: division_Bryophyta__Bryophyta a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida)
subtype: division_Pteridophyta__Pteridophyta containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta
subtype: division_Spermatophyta__Spermatophyta seed plants; comprises the Angiospermae (or Magnoliophyta) and Gymnospermae (or Gymnospermophyta); in some classification systems Spermatophyta is coordinate with Pteridophyta (spore producing plants having vascular tissue and roots) and Bryophyta (spore producing plants lacking vascular tissue and roots)
subtype: Phanerogamae in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all seed-bearing plants; superseded by the division Spermatophyta
subtype: Cryptogamia in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
subtype: subdivision_Pteropsida__Pteropsida used in former classifications to include all ferns and flowering plants and divided into the three classes Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermae
subtype: subdivision_Zygomycota__Zygomycota__Zygomycotina__subdivision_Zygomycotina division of fungi having sexually produced zygospores
subtype: division_Myxomycota__divisionmyxomycota__Myxomycota__Gymnomycota__gymnomycota__division_Gymnomycota slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista
subtype: subdivision_Mastigomycota__Mastigomycota__Mastigomycotina__subdivision_Mastigomycotina fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota
subtype: division_Lichenes__Lichenes comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with Algae and Fungi
subtype: division_Eumycota__Eumycota true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi)
subtype: subdivision_Deuteromycota__Deuteromycota__Deuteromycotina__Fungi_imperfecti__subdivision_Deuteromycotina large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known
subtype: subdivision_Basidiomycota__Basidiomycota__Basidiomycotina__subdivision_Basidiomycotina comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi
subtype: subdivision_Ascomycota__Ascomycota__Ascomycotina__subdivision_Ascomycotina a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi
subtype: Lycophyta used in some classifications for the class Lycopsida: club mosses
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