#phylum  (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
  supertype:  taxonomic_group__taxonomicgroup__taxon  animal or plant group having natural relations
  subtype:  phylum_Pyrrophyta  phylum_Protozoa  phylum_Cryptophyta  phylum_Chordata  subphylum_Cephalochordata  subphylum_Urochordata  subphylum_Vertebrata  phylum_Arthropoda  subphylum_Pentastomida  phylum_Porifera  phylum_Cnidaria  phylum_Ctenophora  phylum_Acanthocephala  phylum_Chaetognatha  phylum_Platyhelminthes  phylum_Nemertea  phylum_Pogonophora  phylum_Rotifera  phylum_Nematoda  phylum_Annelida  phylum_Mollusca  phylum_Phoronida  phylum_Bryozoa  phylum_Ectoprocta  phylum_Entoprocta  phylum_Cycliophora  phylum_Brachiopoda  phylum_Sipuncula  phylum_Echinodermata  division.phylum
  member:  subphylum  class
  member of:  kingdom  one of seven biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia

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