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Acknowledgments
Classification of the Animal Kingdom (Metazoa)
Geologic Time Scale
Introduction
Systematics, Phylogeny, and Classifications
Introduction to the Animal Kingdom Animal Architectureand Body Plans
Introduction to the Animal Kingdom Development, Life Histories, and Origin
Phylum Porifera The Sponges
Two Enigmatic Phyla Placozoa and Ctenophora(The Comb Jellies)
Phylum Cnidaria Anemones, Corals,Jellyfish, and Their Kin
A Brief Introductionto the Bilateria and Its Major Clades
Phylum Xenacoelomorpha Basal Bilaterians
Protostomia, Spiralia, and the Phylum Dicyemida
Gnathifera The Phyla Gnathostomulida,Rotifera (including Acanthocephala), Micrognathozoa,and Chaetognatha
Platytrochozoa and Two Enigmatic Phyla Entoprocta and Cycliophora
Introduction to the Lophotrochozoa, and the PhylumMollusca
Phylum Nemertea The Ribbon Worms
Phylum Annelida The Segmented (and Some Unsegmented) Worms
The Lophophorates Phyla Phoronida, Bryozoa,and Brachiopoda
Rouphozoa The Phyla Platyhelminthes (Flatworms) and Gastrotricha (Hairy-Bellied Worms)
Introduction to Ecdysozoa Scalidophora (Phyla Kinorhyncha,Priapula, Loricifera)
Nematoida Phyla Nematoda and Nematomorpha
Panarthropoda and the Emergence of the Arthropods Tardigrades, Onychophorans,and the ArthropodBody Plan
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: Crabs, Shrimps, andTheir Kin
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexapoda :Insects and Their Kin
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Myriapoda: Centipedes, Millipedes,and Their Kin
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata
Introduction to Deuterostomia, and the Phylum Hemichordata
Phylum Echinodermata Starfish, Sea Urchins,Sea Cucumbers, and their Kin
Phylum Chordata Cephalochordata and Urochordata
Perspectiveson Invertebrate Phylogeny |