Kingdom Animalia
The animal kingdom used to be further separated into vertebrates and invertebrates, with the vertebrates only containing one phylum with five classes containing birds, frogs & lizards, reptiles, mammals and fish.
However, things are no longer so clear cut. ITIS, for example, separates Animalia into 2 subkingdoms, with further infrakingdoms and superphyla. However, most lists I have come across just use phyla (with some classes listed separately as they do not fit, although the list of phyla does seem to vary depending on the source.
Here is a list of combined Phyla listings from National Biodiversity Network (NBN Atlas)1, iNaturalist2, Catalogue of Life (CoL)3, and Barcode of Life Dataset (BOLD)4 :
- Phylum Acanthocephala — Thorny-headed Worms
- Phylum Acoelomorpha 4
- Phylum Annelida — Segmented Worms
- Phylum Arthropoda— Arthropods
- Phylum Brachiopoda — Brachiopods
- Phylum Bryozoa — Bryozoans
- Phylum Cephalorhyncha 1,3
- Phylum Chaetognatha — Arrow Worms
- Phylum Chordata — Chordates
- Phylum Cnidaria — Cnidarians
- Phylum Ctenophora — Comb Jellies
- Phylum Cycliophora — Cycliophorans
- Phylum Dicyemida 1,2,3 — Dicyemids
- Phylum Echinodermata — Echinoderms
- Phylum Echiura 1
- Phylum Entoprocta — Entoprocts
- Phylum Gastrotricha — Gastrotrichs
- Phylum Gnathifera 2 — Gnathiferans
- Phylum Gnathostomulida — Jaw Worms
- Phylum Hemichordata — Hemichordates
- Phylum Kinorhyncha 2,4 — Mud Dragons
- Phylum Loricifera 1,2 — Loriciferans
- Phylum Micrognathozoa 3
- Phylum Mollusca — Molluscs
- Phylum Myxozoa 3
- Phylum Nematoda — Nematodes
- Phylum Nematomorpha — Horsehair Worms
- Phylum Nemertea — Ribbon Worms
- Phylum Onychophora 2,3,4 — Velvet Worms
- Phylum Orthonectida 1,2,3 — Orthonectids
- Phylum Phoronida — Horseshoe Worms
- Phylum Placozoa 2,3,4 — Placozoans
- Phylum Platyhelminthes — Flatworms
- Phylum Porifera — Sponges
- Phylum Priapulida 1,2,4 — Priapulid Worms
- Phylum Rhombozoa 4
- Phylum Rotifera — Rotifers
- Phylum Sipuncula — Peanut Worms
- Phylum Tardigrada — Tardigrades
- Phylum Xenacoelomorpha — Flatworms
Entries in Bold are listed in all, the others are listed as follows:
1 In NBN Atlas
2 In iNaturalist
3 In CoL
4 In BOLD
Sources
- NBN is a UK charity in collaboration with many wildlife conservation organisations, with mainly UK, but also some European, listings. Observations accepted in iRecords are fed through to NBN. NBN is also the UK node for GBIF
- iNaturalist is a worldwide citizen science observation portal. Research Grade observations are also listed on GBIF
- CoL is a global species database with information fed in from numerous sources. GBIF use this as their backbone structure. Species 2000 is part of the same system.
- BOLD – contains a list of all species that have been given a barcode.
- GBIF, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, is funded by many world governments and various wildlife organisations.
- ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System, is also associated with CoL and GBIF
Although these organisations are separate entities they are also linked in various ways.