Phyla of the Animalia

last revised 6/7/99

Phylum Acanthocephala		 An Annelid
 Phylum  Annelida		 Arthropod
Phylum Arthropoda		 Brachiopod
Phylum Brachiopoda		 Chaetognath
Phylum Chaetognatha		 snake
Phylum Chordata
a cnidan
 Phylum  Cnidaria		 A Ctenophore
Phylum Ctenophora		 A Starfish
Phylum Echinodermata		 An Echiuran
Phylum Echiura		 A Bryozoan
Phylum Ectoprocta		 An Entoproct
Phylum Entoprocta
A Gastrotrich
Phylum Gastrotrichia		 A Gnathostomulid
Phylum Gnathostomulida		 An Hemichordate
Phylum Hemichordata		 A Kinorhynch
Phylum Kinorhyncha		 A Mesozoan
Phylum Mesozoa		 An Octopus
Phylum Mollusca
A Nematode
Phylum Nematoda		 A Nematomorph
Phylum Nematomorpha		 A Nemertina
Phylum Nemertina		 A Onychophora
Phylum Onychophora		 A Pentastoman
Phylum Pentastoma		 A Phoronid
Phylum Phoronida
A Placozoan
 Phylum  Placozoa		 A Flatworm
Phylum Platyhelminthes		 A Pogonophoran
Phylum Pogonophora		 A Sponge
Phylum Porifera		 A Priapulid
Phylum Priapulida		 A Rotifer
Phylum Rotifera
A Sipuncula
Phylum Sipuncula		 A Tardigrade
Phylum Tardigrada		 A Cycliophoran
Phylum Cycliophora

Other marine organisms