Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia

Subsequent positions

Neotrochozoa ([unranked]) K.J. Peterson & D.J. Eernisse, 2001		Ref: K.J. Peterson & D.J. Eernisse, 2001: 172.
Sipuncula (Superphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 1998		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 235. [assumed]

Current position

Eutrochozoa (Superphylum) Ghiselin, 1988

Ref: K.J. Peterson & D.J. Eernisse, 2001: 172. [implicit]

Alternative positions

Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995: ; CoL(17 Aug 2023).
Articulata ([unranked]) Cuvier
Eucoelomata (Section)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 323.
Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) Butschli, 1910	Ref: M.E. Rice, 1982: 67.
Lophotrochozoa (Superphylum) Halanych, Bacheller, Aguinaldo, Liva, Hillis & Lake, 1995	Ref: 06/12/2004
Metazoa (Kingdom) Haeckel, 1874
Neotrochozoa ([unranked]) K.J. Peterson & D.J. Eernisse, 2001	Ref: K.J. Peterson & D.J. Eernisse, 2001: 172. [new position]
Protostoma (Series)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 212.
protostomes (Clade)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 280-281.
Pulvinifera ([unranked])	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: fig. 14.14B.
Schizocoelia ([unranked])	Ref: C. Nielsen, 2001: fig. 1.2.
Sipuncula (Superphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 1998	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 235. [new position]
Spiralia (Superphylum) Schleip, 1929	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 47).
Teloblastica ([unranked]) (C. Nielsen, 1995)	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Trochozoa ([unranked]) Beklemischev, 1944	Ref: G. Giribet et al., 2000: 551.

Historical positions

Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: T. Rees et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 132).
Spiralia (Superphylum) Schleip, 1929	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 47).
Pulvinifera ([unranked])	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 495-501, 502-503, figs. 9.26B, 14.14B.
Neotrochozoa ([unranked]) K.J. Peterson & D.J. Eernisse, 2001	Ref: K.J. Peterson & D.J. Eernisse, 2001: 172, [176]; 205. [new position]
Schizocoelia ([unranked])	Ref: C. Nielsen, 2001: 138-144, fig. 1.2.
organisms ([unranked])	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 178.
Trochozoa ([unranked]) Beklemischev, 1944	Ref: G. Giribet et al., 2000: 551, fig. 4; 544, tab. 1.
protostomes (Clade)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 280-281.
Sipuncula (Superphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 1998	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 4 (p. 235). [new position]
Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 1998
Teloblastica ([unranked]) (C. Nielsen, 1995)	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 1995
Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990: 437-444; 4.
Protostomia ([unranked]) Grobben, 1908	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990: 118. [alternative position]
Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) Butschli, 1910	Ref: M.E. Rice, 1982: 67, 69.
Protostoma (Series)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 212-213.
Eucoelomata (Section)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 323.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	17g;143s; †1g
2020	T. Rees et al.: table 2 (p. 132)	116*ng;22[-33]*g; †18.2%g
1997	TAMU	17g143s; †1g
1995	C. Nielsen	320s
1995	C. Nielsen	~320s
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~250s
1982	M.E. Rice	4f;16g;320s
1982	L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz	>300s