Living Beings

    Living Beings / Classification

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

    “Mandibulata” is a clade between the main ranks. Inspect its full lineage.

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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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    Arthropoda

    Phylum

    arthropods

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomAnimalia
    4. PhylumArthropoda
    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. Opisthokonta clade
    4. Metazoa kingdom
    5. Eumetazoa clade
    6. Bilateria clade
    7. Protostomia clade
    8. Ecdysozoa clade
    9. Panarthropoda clade
    10. Arthropoda phylum

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