CHORDATA
(vertebrates)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
TETRAPODA
a superclass of unassigneds
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 		Superclass 224 subtaxa 1,874 images 235 ident. refs
TUNICATA
ascidians, sea-squirts, tunicates
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 		Subphylum 19 subtaxa 276 images 28 ident. refs
VERTEBRATA
vertebrates
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 		Subphylum 49 subtaxa 557 images 73 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Lever, C. 1977 The Naturalized Animals of the British Isles 600pp, Hutchinson of London

Marine Planktonic Forms And Stages

() Conway, D.V.P. 2015 Marine Zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 3: Ostracoda, Stomatopoda, Nebaliacea, Mysida, Amphipoda, Isopoda, Cumacea, Euphausiacea, Decapoda, Annelida, Tardigrada, Nematoda, Phoronida, Bryozoa, Entoprocta, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata, Chaetognatha, Hemichordata and Chordata Occasional Publications, No. 27, 272pp, Marine Biological Association

CHORDATA (vertebrates) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CHORDATA (vertebrates)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2,354 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CHORDATA (vertebrates)
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