phylum

1. Phylum
   (Biol) A series of animals or plants genetically connected.
2. Phylum
   (Zoöl) One of the larger divisions of the animal kingdom; a branch; a grand division.

1. (n) phylum
   Any primary division or subkingdom of the animal or vegetable kingdom. Cuvier recognized four animal types which would now be called phyla: the Radiata, Mollusca, Articulata, and Vertebrata. Zoologists now recognize at least seven such phyla:
2. (n) phylum
   The graphic representation of the evolution of one or several forms of animal life by descent with modification from preexisting ancestors, on the principle of the construction of a genealogical table or “family tree.”
3. (n) phylum
   In botany, a great group or sub-kingdom of the vegetable kingdom, next above a class. The Spermatophyta or seed-bearing plants constitute a phylum, formerly known as flowering plants or phanerogams. The cryptogams, or so-called flowerless plants, are now subdivided into several phyla. The vascular cryptogams constitute the phylum Pteridophyta. The Bryophyta are usually regarded as a phylum. With regard to the lower cellular cryptogams (Algæ, Fungi, etc.) the classification into phyla is still unsettled.

1. (n) Phylum
   (fī′lum) any primary division or sub-kingdom of the animal or vegetable kingdom:—pl. Phy′la

social group taxon taxonomic category taxonomic group

acanthocephala annelida arthropoda aschelminthes brachiopoda bryozoa cephalochordata chaetognatha chordata cnidaria coelenterata craniata cryptophyta ctenophora cycliophora echinodermata ectoprocta endoprocta entoprocta mollusca nematoda nemertea nemertina pentastomida phoronida phoronidea platyhelminthes pogonophora porifera protozoa pyrrophyta rotifera sipuncula tunicata urochorda urochordata vertebrata division phylum acanthocephala phylum annelida phylum arthropoda phylum aschelminthes phylum brachiopoda phylum bryozoa phylum chaetognatha phylum chordata phylum cnidaria phylum coelenterata phylum cryptophyta phylum ctenophora phylum cycliophora phylum echinodermata phylum ectoprocta phylum entoprocta phylum mollusca phylum nematoda phylum nemertea phylum nemertina phylum phoronida phylum platyhelminthes phylum pogonophora phylum porifera phylum protozoa phylum pyrrophyta phylum rotifera phylum sipuncula polyzoa subphylum cephalochordata subphylum craniata subphylum pentastomida subphylum tunicata subphylum urochorda subphylum urochordata subphylum vertebrata

Acanthocephala Amphineura annelid Annelida annelidan Anthocerotales Appendiculata Arthropoda arthropodal arthropodan arthropodous Articulata Ascomycetes bacterium Basidiomycetes Basidiomycota brachiopod brachiopodous Cestoidea Chaetognatha chordate chordate family chordate genus Chætognatha Cilioflagellata class class Onychophora class Tardigrada classification Conodonta Conodontophorida Cryptophyta Ctenophora Cyanophyta Cycliophora Dinoflagellata division division Cyanophyta Echinodermata Echinoidea Fungi imperfecti genealogic Gnathopoda Hirudinea Histophyly Infusoria Lycopodiales Mollusca Monophyletic Myxomycetes Myxophyta Nematoda Nematoidea Nematophora Neomenia neoteny Onychophora order Cilioflagellata order Conodonta order Conodontophorida order Dinoflagellata parasite Parazoa Phoronida Phoronidea phyletic phylum Acanthocephala phylum Cryptophyta phylum Ctenophora phylum Cycliophora phylum Phoronida phylum Rotifera province Pteridospermaphyta Pterobranchia Rotifera Spermatophyta spermatophyte sponge starfish subclass Zoomastigina subkingdom Parazoa subphylum superclass superphylum Tardigrada Thallophyta Tunicata type Typembryo Vermes Vertebrata worm Zoomastigina

asylum

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