Bacillariophyta (Diatoms)
Chrysophyta (Golden algae)
Oomycota (Water molds)
Phaeophyta (Kelps and brown algae)
Haptophyta (Coccolithophorids and others)
Sagenista (Bicoeceans and slime nets)
Silicoflagellata (Silicoflagellates)
Xanthophyta (Yellow-green algae)
Ascomycota (Sac and cup fungi, yeasts, mildews)
Basidiomycota (Club fungi, rusts and smuts)
Chytridiomycota (Chytrids)
" Lichens "
Zygomycota (Bread molds)
Cnidaria (corals, jellyfish, Hydra)
Conulariida
Ctenophora (comb jellies)
DEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
--- Echinodermata (starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.)
--- Hemichordata (acorn worms, graptolites)
--- Chordata
Cephalochordata (lancelets)
Myxini (hagfish)
Urochordata (tunicates, sea squirts)
VERTEBRATA (Vertebrates)
ECDYSOZOA (molting animals)
--- Arthropoda (crabs, spiders, insects, etc.)
Anomalocarida
Cheliceramorpha (chelicerates & kin)
Crustaceamorpha (crustaceans)
Pycnogonida (sea spiders)
Trilobita (trilobites)
Uniramia (insects & kin)
--- Cephaloryncha (kinorhynchs & priapulids)
--- Nematoda (roundworms)
---Nematomorpha (horsehair worms)
--- Onychophora (velvet worms)
---Tardigrada (water bears)
LOPHOTROCHOZOA (worms, molluscs, & lophophorates)
--- Annelida (segmented worms)
--- Brachiopoda (lamp shells)
--- Bryozoa ("moss animals")
--- Echiura (spoon worms)
---Entoprocta
--- Mollusca (snails, clams, squid, etc.)
--- Nemertini (ribbon worms)
--- Phoronida (horseshoe worms)
--- Pogonophora (bearded tube worms)
--- Sipuncula (peanut worms)
Placozoa (the most simple animals known)
Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
Porifera (sponges)
Rotifera (rotifers) & Acanthocephala
Vendian Animals (the First animals)
