List of bilateral animal orders

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List of bilateral animal orders contains the Bilateria of the animal subkingdom Eumetazoa, divided into four superphyla, Deuterostomia, and the three Protostome superphyla, Ecdysozoa, Platyzoa and Lophotrochozoa.




Xenoturbellida


Acoelomorpha

Nemertodermatida



Acoela




Nephrozoa*
Deuterostomia*
Chordata

Cephalochordata


Olfactores

Urochordata



Craniata (including Vertebrata)




Ambulacraria

Echinodermata



Hemichordata




Protostomia*

Chaetognatha


Ecdysozoa*
Nematozoa

Nematoda



Nematomorpha




Tardigrada




Onychophora



Arthropoda



Scalidophora

Priapulida



Loricifera



Kinorhyncha




Spiralia*
Polyzoa

Bryozoa




Entoprocta



Cycliophora




Trochozoa*

Annelida



Mollusca



Nemertea




Brachiopoda



Phoronida




Platyzoa*

Gastrotricha



Platyhelminthes


Gnathifera

Gnathostomulida



Micrognathozoa



Rotifera









Superphylum Deuterostomia

Phylum Chordata

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Phylum Hemichordata

Acorn worm
Class Enteropneusta (Acorn worms)
  • Order Enteropneusta
Class Graptolithina
Class Planctosphaeroidea

No order, one genus, one species Planctosphaera pelagica

Class Pterobranchia

Phylum Echinodermata

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Phylum Xenacoelomorpha

Subphylum Acoelomorpha

Phylum Vetulicolia

Class Vetulicolida †
Class Banffozoa
  • Family Banffidae †
    • Genus Banffia
Class Heteromorphida
Class Yuyuanozoon † ?
    • Genus Yuyuanozoon

Superphylum Ecdysozoa

Phylum Scalidophora (unranked)

Phylum Kinorhyncha

No class, 2 orders, called mud dragons, very common in mud or sand

Phylum Loricifera

No class, one order Nanaloricida

Phylum Priapulida

Class Priapulimorpha
Class Halicryptomorpha
  • Order Halicryptomorphida
Class Seticoronaria

Phylum Nematoda

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Phylum Nematomorpha

Class Gordioidea
Class Nectonematoida

Phylum Panarthropoda (unranked)

Phylum Lobopodia

Class Dinocaridida
Class Xenusia
  • Order Archonychophora
  • Archonychophora Hou & Bergstrom, 1995[1] - Undifferentiated appendages; each segment the same as each other. See [2]
  • Luolishaniidae Hou & Bergstrom, 1995 - three small rounded sclerites per segment - these are thorn-shaped spines.[2]
  • Paucipodiidae Hou et al., 2004[3] - with no dorsal sclerites, two claws, fine annulation and few segments.

These taxa are only known from the Chengjiang (Cambrian Stage 2 Series 3).

  • Order Protonychophora
  • Protonychophora Hutchinson, 1930 - Spiny legs, reduced tail
  • Aysheaiidae Walcott, 1911 - many claws on each leg. Anterior grasping appendages with long spines.
  • Xenusiidae Dzik & Krumbiegel, 1989 - >20 leg-bearing segments; paired, rounded sclerites on each segment; spiny legs.
    • Xenusion Pompeckj, 1927
    • Jianshanopodia Liu et al [4] - from Chengjiang; two rows of tubercles but no obvious sclerites
    • Hadranax Budd & Peel 1998 — from the Sirius Passet. Lacks obvious dorsal armature, but bears four 'nodes' per row.
  • Order Scleronychophora
  • Scleronychophora Hou & Bergstrom, 1995 - paired sclerites; elongated head sclerites
  • Eoconchariidae Hou & Shu, 1987 - ~10 leg-bearing segments, small head, sieve-like sclerites, varying in shape along body; curved claws on annulated legs; terminal mouth and anus.
  • Hallucigeniidae Conway Morris, 1977 - ~10 leg-bearing segments; large sclerites covering head; sclerites on each segment are long spines.
    • Hallucigenia Conway Morris 1977 - From the Chengjiang, Kaili and Burgess Shale[5]
  • Cardiodictyidae Hou & Bergstrom, 1995 - many segments (~23); large sclerites cover head; hexagonal sclerite on each body segment.
  • Order Paronychophora
  • Paronychophora Hou & Bergstrom, 1995 - short, downwards facing head; papillae on body and legs, some arranged in rows; shield-like sclerites on head; dorsal armature of spines;[6] claw-like jaws; annulated legs [ Note - diagnosis modified in [2] ]
  • Onychodictyidae Hou & Bergstrom, 1995
  • Order unassigned
  • Orstenotubulus Maas et al 2007 from the Furongian Orsten deposits - with retractable dorsal spines[7]
  • Carbotubulus Haug et al 2012 [8] - from the Mazon creek. Dorwal armature uncertain. Few segments, long limbs.
  • Mureropodia,[9] from the Stage 2 Murero lagerstatten, Spain
Class Siberion
    • Family Xenusiidae †
      • Genus Siberion †
Class Hadranax
  • Order Protonychophora
  • Order Archonychophora Hou & Bergstrom, 1995[1] - Undifferentiated appendages; each segment the same as each other. See [2]
  • Order Protonychophora Hutchinson, 1930 - Spiny legs, reduced tail
  • Order Scleronychophora Hou & Bergstrom, 1995 - paired sclerites; elongated head sclerites
    • Eoconchariidae Hou & Shu, 1987 - ~10 leg-bearing segments, small head, sieve-like sclerites, varying in shape along body; curved claws on annulated legs; terminal mouth and anus.
    • Hallucigeniidae Conway Morris, 1977 - ~10 leg-bearing segments; large sclerites covering head; sclerites on each segment are long spines.
      • Hallucigenia Conway Morris 1977 - From the Chengjiang, Kaili and Burgess Shale[5]
    • Cardiodictyidae Hou & Bergstrom, 1995 - many segments (~23); large sclerites cover head; hexagonal sclerite on each body segment.
  • Order Paronychophora Hou & Bergstrom, 1995 - short, downwards facing head; papillae on body and legs, some arranged in rows; shield-like sclerites on head; dorsal armature of spines;[6] claw-like jaws; annulated legs [ Note - diagnosis modified in [2] ]
  • Order unassigned
  • Orstenotubulus Maas et al 2007 from the Furongian Orsten deposits - with retractable dorsal spines[7]
  • Carbotubulus Haug et al 2012 [8] - from the Mazon creek. Dorwal armature uncertain. Few segments, long limbs.
  • Mureropodia,[9] from the Stage 2 Murero lagerstatten, Spain

Phylum Onychophora

Phylum Tardigrada

Echiniscus
Class Eutardigrada
Class Heterotardigrada
Class Mesotardigrada
  • Order Thermozodia
    • Family Thermozodiidae
      • Genus Thermozodium

Phylum Arthropoda

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Superphylum Platyzoa

Phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms

Class Cestoda
Class Monogenea
Class Trematoda
Class Turbellaria

Phylum Gastrotricha

No classes

Phylum Rotifera

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SEM] pictures of some Bdelloidea species of the genus Rotaria with head (red), tail (white) and trunk (blue) areas highlighted
Class Bdelloidea
Class Monogononta
Class Seisonidea

Phylum Acanthocephala

Scanning electron microscopy of proboscis of an archiacanthocephalan [10]
Class Archiacanthocephala
Class Eoacanthocephala
Class Palaeacanthocephala

Phylum Gnathostomulida

No classes

Phylum Micrognathozoa

Some dispute here with Micrognathozoa as the class and Limnognathia as the order

Phylum Cycliophora

This phylum was discovered in 1995.

Class Symbiida

Superphylum Lophotrochozoa

Phylum Sipuncula

Class Phascolosomatidea
Class Sipunculidea

Phylum Hyolitha

Phylum Nemertea

Class Anopla
Class Enopla

Phylum Phoronida

Class Phoronid

Phylum Bryozoa

Class Gymnolaemata
Class Phylactolaemata
Class Stenolaemata

Phylum Entoprocta

No classes, no orders, families Barentsiidae, Loxokalypodidae, Loxosomatidae, Pedicellinidae

Phylum Brachiopoda

Class Lingulata
Class Craniata/Craniforma
Class Rhynchonellata

Phylum Mollusca

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Phylum Annelida

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