Taxonomy of the animals (Hutchins et al., 2003)

The taxonomy of the animals presented by Hutchins et al. in 2003[1] in Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia is a system of classification which covers all the metazoans, from phyla to orders (or families, for Hexapoda and Pisces, or species, for Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves and Mammalia).

Animalia (= Metazoa) edit

Phylum Porifera edit

Phylum Placozoa edit

Phylum Monoblastozoa edit

Phylum Rhombozoa edit

Phylum Orthonectida edit

Phylum Cnidaria edit

Phylum Ctenophora edit

Phylum Platyhelminthes edit

Phylum Nemertea edit

Phylum Rotifera edit

Phylum Gastrotricha edit

Phylum Kinorhyncha edit

Phylum Nematoda edit

Phylum Nematomorpha edit

Phylum Acanthocephala edit

Phylum Entoprocta edit

Phylum Micrognathozoa edit

Phylum Gnathostomulida edit

Phylum Priapulida edit

Phylum Loricifera edit

Phylum Cycliophora edit

Phylum Echinodermata edit

Phylum Chaetognatha edit

Phylum Hemichordata edit

Phylum Chordata edit

Superclass Pisces edit

Class Amphibia edit

Class Reptilia edit

Class Aves edit

Class Mammalia edit

Phylum Annelida edit

Phylum Vestimentifera edit

Phylum Sipuncula edit

Phylum Echiura edit

Phylum Onychophora edit

Phylum Tardigrada edit

Phylum Arthropoda edit

Subphylum Crustacea edit

Subphylum Cheliceriformes edit

Subphylum Uniramia edit

Subphylum Hexapoda edit

Phylum Mollusca edit

Phylum Phoronida edit

Phylum Ectoprocta edit

Phylum Brachiopoda edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hutchins, M. et al. (eds.). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., 17 vols., Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, 2003.