Acoela

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Phylum: Xenacoelomorpha
Subphylum: Acoelomorpha
Classis: Acoela
Familiae (16): Actinoposthiidae – Antigonariidae – Antroposthiidae – Convolutidae – Dakuidae – Diopisthoporidae – Hallangiidae – Hofsteniidae – Isodiametridae – Mecynostomidae – Nadinidae – Otocelididae – Paratomellidae – Proporidae – Solenofilomorphidae – Taurididae
[Source: Jondelius et al., 2011]

Acoela Uljanin, 1870

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