life
 see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
  
 Empire Eukaryota (Chatton, 1925)
 see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
    
 Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
      
 Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 [paraphyletic?] - bilaterians
        
 Branch Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes
 see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
          
 Infrakingdom Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
 see Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885
            
 Phylum Urochorda Lankester, 1877 - urochordates
 see Subphylum Tunicata Lamarck, 1816
              
 Subphylum Tunicata Lamarck, 1816 - tunicates
 see Subphylum Urochordata Bateson, 1885
                
 1 Infraphylum Ascidiae Blainville, 1824
 see Class Ascidiacea Blainville, 1824
                
 2 Infraphylum Thaliae auct. - salps
 see Class Thaliacea van der Haeven, 1850