Superphylum

A superphylum is an unofficial grade in taxonomy, above the phylum and below the subregnum, used to describe a group of phyla which probably evolved from a common ancestor.^[1]

It is used especially in the animal kingdom. Examples:

Ecdysozoa
Lophotrochozoa
Radiata
Deuterostomia
Bilateria
Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae (PVC)^[2]

Notes

↑ Introduction to Conservation Genetics, p. 371; Richard Frankham, David A. Briscoe, Jonathan D. Ballou, Cambridge University Press, 2002
↑ "Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae Superphylum: Exceptions to the bacterial definition?". Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.

[1] Introduction to Conservation Genetics, p. 371; Richard Frankham, David A. Briscoe, Jonathan D. Ballou, Cambridge University Press, 2002

[2] "Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae Superphylum: Exceptions to the bacterial definition?". Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.

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