ADW: Branchiostoma: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Cephalochordata
        
        Order Not assigned
        
        Family Branchiostomidae
        
        Genus Branchiostoma
        
        Species Branchiostoma africae
        
        Species Branchiostoma arabiae
        
        Species Branchiostoma bazarutense
        
        Species Branchiostoma belcheri
        
        Species Branchiostoma bennetti
        
        Species Branchiostoma bermudae
        
        Species Branchiostoma californiense
        
        Species Branchiostoma capense
        
        Species Branchiostoma caribaeum
        
        Species Branchiostoma elongatum
        
        Species Branchiostoma floridae
        
        Species Branchiostoma gambiense
        
        Species Branchiostoma indicum
        
        Species Branchiostoma lanceolatum
        
        Species Branchiostoma leonense
        
        Species Branchiostoma longirostrum
        
        Species Branchiostoma malayanum
        
        Species Branchiostoma minucauda
        
        Species Branchiostoma mortonense
        
        Species Branchiostoma nigeriense
        
        Species Branchiostoma platae
        
        Species Branchiostoma senegalense
        
        Species Branchiostoma tattersalli
        
        Species Branchiostoma virginiae

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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