Living Beings / Classification

Taxonomy explorer

Life → Domain → Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species. Explore the principal ranks; intermediate clades remain in Advanced classification.

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NCBI Taxonomy · November 5, 2026. Missing ranks leave empty columns. Animalia is the recorded synonym of Metazoa; green plants use Viridiplantae. Full source ancestry is available in Advanced classification.

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Classification list

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Bryopsida

Class

  1. LifeLife
  2. DomainEukaryota
  3. KingdomViridiplantae
  4. PhylumStreptophyta
  5. ClassBryopsida
Advanced classification

Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

  1. cellular organisms cellular root
  2. Eukaryota domain
  3. Viridiplantae kingdom
  4. Streptophyta phylum
  5. Streptophytina subphylum
  6. Embryophyta clade
  7. Bryophyta clade
  8. Bryophytina clade
  9. Bryopsida class

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