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

It is used especially in the animal kingdom. Examples:

Ecdysozoa
Lophotrochozoa
Radiata
Deuterostomia
Bilateria
 Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae (PVC)

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Category:Taxonomy