Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987, nom. cl. inval.
 see Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020]
  
 Metazoa Haeckel 1874 - multicellular animals
 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
    
 Epitheliozoa Ax, 1996
      
 Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910 - eumetazoans
        
 Acrosomata Ax, 1996
 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
          
 Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
 see Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888
            
 Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes
 see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
              
 Ambulacraria Metschnikoff 1881 [Halanych 1995]
                
 Hemichordata Bateson, 1885 - hemichordates
                  
 1.1 Ptychoderidae Spengel, 1893
                  
 1.2 Spengelidae Willey, 1899
                  
 2.1 Harrimaniidae Spengel, 1901
                  
 2.2 Pterobranchia Lankester, 1877
 see Class Pterobranchia Lankester, 1877