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Phylum Arthropoda (870,000+ species)
- Class Crustacea (40,000 species) -- shrimp, lobsters, copepods, barnacles
- Class Chelicerata (63,000 species) -- horseshoe crabs, spiders, scorpions,
daddy long legs
- Class Chilopoda (3,000 species) -- centipedes
- Class Diplopoda (10,000 species) -- millipedes
- Class Insecta (750,000+) -- butterflies, cockroaches, ants, etc.
Phylum Mollusca (~80,000 species)
- Class Polyplacophora (550 species) -- chitons
- Class Gastropoda (75,000 species) -- snails, slugs
- Class Bivalvia (2,000 species) -- clams, oysters, scallops
- Class Cephalopoda (660 species) -- squids, octopi, chambered Nautilus
Phylum Chordata (~43,000 species)
- Subphylum Urochordata (2,000 species) -- sea squirts
- Subphylum Cephalochordata (25 species) -- amphioxus
- Subphylum Vertebrata (~41,200 species)
- Class Agnatha (65 species) -- lampreys, hagfish
- Class Chondrichthyes (800 species) -- sharks, skates, rays
- Class Osteichthyes (18,000 species) -- bony fish
- Class Amphibia (3,100 species) -- frogs, salamanders
- Class Reptilia (6,000 species) -- snakes, lizards, turtles
- Class Aves (9,000 species) -- birds
- Class Mammalia (4,200 species) -- mammals
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