The PEDIGREE of
Superphylum Ecdysozoa

 
     (Nematoda & Nematomorpha form Nematoida clade; Priapulida & Loricifera & Kinorhyncha form Scalidophora clade; Nematoida & Scalidophora form Cycloneuralia (Aschelminthes) Clade); aka Infrakingdom Ecdysozoa
 "Child(ren)":       Supraphylum Panarthropoda   ;   Nematoda (roundworms : perhaps 1000000 species)   ;   Nematomorpha (horsehair worms : 320 species)   ;   Priapulida (penis worms : 17 species)   ;   Loricifera (brush heads : 120 species)   ;   Kinorhyncha (mud dragons : 150 species)   ;   Lobopodia (extinct)
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/-- Phylum Actinobacteria   +====> [ 45]
/-- Class Actinobacteridae
/-- (NN), a thermophilic Bacterium
/-- (NN), a Nucleated Cell
/  \-- (NN), a Cell Nucleus   +====> [ 50]
/-- Domain of Eukaryotes  (2100 M BC)
/  \-- Pre-Mitochondrion Bacteria   +====> [ 46]
/-- Superempire Unikonta
/-- Empire of Opisthokonts (Fungi & Animals)
/-- Superkingdom Holozoa
/-- Kingdom of Animals
/-- Subkingdom of Metazoa (Multicellular Animals)
/-- Superbranch Eumetazoa
/-- Superphylum Planulozoa
/-- Branch Bilateria
/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates  (570 M BC)
/   | (skip this generation?)
/-- Subgrade of Protostomia
/   | or: Clade Nephrozoa
- Superphylum Ecdysozoa
 
 
  (poss.) ``2-Great Grandchildren:''       Class Chilopoda (Centipedes)   ;   Infraphylum Chelicerata   ;   Infraphylum Crustacea   ;   Epiclass Hexapoda
 
  (poss.) ``5-Great Grandchildren:''       Genus Scolopendra (some centipedes)   ;   Suborder Opisthothelae   ;   Order Scorpiones (True Scorpions)   ;   Superorder Eucarida   ;   Superorder Odonatoptera (Dragonflies & Damselflies)   ;   Infraclass Neoptera
 

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