California Biota Home Page....Eukaryota

Kingdom

        Phylum Porifera - (sponges)       
        Phylum Placozoa - (Trichoplax adhaerens, a unique, microscopic, flattened marine animal, not found in CA)
        Phylum Rhomobozoa
        Phylum Orthonectida
        Phylum Cnidaria [Coelenterata] - (hydras, anenomes, jellyfish, corals, etc.)
        Phylum Ctenophora - (comb jellies)
        Phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
        Phylum Nemertea [Rhynchocoela] - (ribbon worms)
        Phylum Gnathostomulida
        Phylum Gastrotricha
        Phylum Nematoda
        Phylum Nematophora
        Phylum Rotifera
        Phylum Acanthocephala
        Phylum Kinorhyncha
        Phylum Loricifera
        Phylum Priapulida
        Phylum Sipuncula
        Phylum Mollusca - (clams, snails, slugs, nudibranchs, octopuses, squids, etc.)
        Phylum Echiura
        Phylum Annelida (segmented worms)
        Phylum Vespimentifera
        Phylum Pogonophora (pogonophorans)
        Phylum Tardigrada - (water bears)
        Phylum Onycophora - (velvet worms)
        Phylum Arthropoda - (insects, arachnids, crustaceans, etc.)
        Phylum Phoronida
        Phylum Ectoprocta [Bryozoa] - (moss animals)
        Phylum Entoprocta
        Phylum Brachiopoda - (brachiopods)
        Phylum Chaetognatha
        Phylum Echinodermata - (sea urchins, starfishes, sea cucumbers, etc.)
        Phylum Hemichordata ( acorn worms, graptolites)
        Phylum Chordata