#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 of:  kingdom
  member:  subphylum  (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class
  member:  class__clas  (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
     member:  order.taxonomic_group  (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
        member:  suborder  (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order
        member:  family  (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"
           member:  subfamily  (biology) a taxonomic category below a family
           member:  tribe  (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
           member:  genus__genu  (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
              member:  subgenus  (biology) taxonomic group between a genus and a species
              member:  species__specie  (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
                 member:  breed.animal_group__strain__stock__variety  a special kind of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new variety of sheep"
                 member:  var.__form__variant  (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms"

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