Biology:Benthozoa

Short description: Clade of early animals

Benthozoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Benthozoa A. Erives and B. Fritzsch, 2019
Clades
Porifera ParaHoxozoa
Synonyms
Myriazoa

The Benthozoa or Myriazoa are a proposed basal animal clade consisting of the Porifera and ParaHoxozoa as a sister group of Ctenophora.

An alternative phylogeny is given by the Porifera-sister hypothesis in which Porifera are the first diverging animal group.

Choanozoa

Choanoflagellata 60 px   Animalia   Ctenophora 60 px   Benthozoa   Porifera 60 px   Eumetazoa /     Placozoa 60 px     Cnidaria 60 px     Bilateria /   Xenacoelomorpha 60 px   Nephrozoa   Deuterostomia   Chordata 60 px     Ambulacraria 60 px       Protostomia   Ecdysozoa   Scalidophora 40px (Priapulids and allies)     Arthropoda 60 px and allies Nematoda 60 px and allies   > 529 mya   Spiralia Gnathifera Rotifera 50 px and allies Chaetognatha 60 px     Platytrochozoa Platyhelminthes 60 px and allies Lophotrochozoa Mollusca 60 px and allies Annelida 75 px and allies 550 mya 580 mya   610 mya 650 mya Triploblasts ParaHoxozoa   760 mya

950 mya

References

Wikidata ☰ Q85746635 entry