Definition of Phylum. Meaning of Phylum. Synonyms of Phylum

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Definition of Phylum

Phylum
Phylum Phy"lum, n. (Biol.) A series of animals or plants genetically connected.
Phylum
Phylum Phy"lum, n.; pl. Phyla. [NL. See Phylon.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the larger divisions of the animal kingdom; a branch; a grand division.

Meaning of Phylum from wikipedia

- In biology, a phylum (/ˈfaɪləm/; pl.: phyla) is a level of classification or taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. Traditionally, in botany the...
- chordate (/ˈkɔːrdeɪt/ KOR-dayt) is a bilaterian animal belonging to the phylum Chordata (/kɔːrˈdeɪtə/ kor-DAY-tə). All chordates possess, at some point...
- worms, are animals that comprise the phylum Annelida (/əˈnɛlɪdə/; from Latin anellus 'little ring'). The phylum contains over 22,000 extant species, including...
- into complexes. A top-level (i.e., the largest) family is often called a phylum or stock. The closer the branches are to each other, the more closely the...
- Latin: Nematoda), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. Species in the phylum inhabit a broad range of environments. Most species are...
- Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (/ˈmɒləsks/). Whether the serial features found...
- in which various terms, such as species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, and domain designate rank. This page emphasizes absolute ranks...
- chordates, the latter of which contains the vertebrates. The much smaller basal phylum Xenacoelomorpha have an uncertain position within Bilateria. Animals first...
- Cnidaria (/nɪˈdɛəriə, naɪ-/ nih-DAIR-ee-ə, ny-) is a phylum under kingdom Animalia containing over 11,000 species of aquatic invertebrates found both in...
- Arthropods (/ˈɑːrθrəˌpɒd/ AR-thrə-pod) are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda. They possess an exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often mineralised...