Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa

Chordata

Rank: Phylum
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cephalochordata
Tunicata Lamarck, 1816
Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812

Literature

basis of record	Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.
additional source	Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1982). Five Kingdoms : an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth. Second edition. Freeman.
additional source	Lankester, E.R. (1877). Notes on the Embryology and classification of the Animal kingdom: comprising a revision of speculations relative to the origin and significance of the germ-layers. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 17(68): 399-454.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Chordata. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1821

Taxonomic Coordinator. Chordata. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1700ebea-6b47-49a0-ab76-b82462c4c44b

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Occurrence

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Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1821
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:11996

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2004-12-21 by Taxonomic Coordinator & by db_admin

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