Benthozoa

Benthozoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Benthozoa A. Erives and B. Fritzsch, 2019
Clades
Porifera Eumetazoa (sans Ctenophora)
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 File:Desmarella moniliformis.jpg Animalia Ctenophora File:Comb jelly.jpg Benthozoa Porifera File:Reef3859 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg Eumetazoa / Placozoa File:Trichoplax adhaerens photograph.png Cnidaria File:Cauliflour Jellyfish, Cephea cephea at Marsa Shouna, Red Sea, Egypt SCUBA.jpg Bilateria / Xenacoelomorpha File:Proporus sp.png Nephrozoa Deuterostomia Chordata File:Cyprinus carpio3.jpg Ambulacraria File:Portugal 20140812-DSC01434 (21371237591).jpg Protostomia Ecdysozoa Scalidophora File:Adult priapulid 2.jpg (Priapulids and allies) Arthropoda File:Long nosed weevil edit.jpg and allies Nematoda File:CelegansGoldsteinLabUNC.jpg and allies > 529 mya Spiralia Gnathifera Rotifera File:Bdelloid Rotifer (cropped).jpg and allies Chaetognatha File:Chaetoblack.png Platytrochozoa Platyhelminthes File:Sorocelis reticulosa.jpg and allies Lophotrochozoa Mollusca File:Grapevinesnail 01.jpg and allies Annelida File:Polychaeta (no).JPG and allies 550 mya 580 mya 610 mya 650 mya Triploblasts ParaHoxozoa 760 mya

950 mya