living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Acanthocephala Kohlreuther, 1771 - acanthocephalans see [unranked] Acanthocephala Kohlreuther, 1771
           1 Class Archiacanthocephala (A. Meyer, 1931)
           2 Class Eoacanthocephala Van Cleave, 1936
           3 Class Palaeacanthocephala (Meyer, 1931)