Note A: this tree does not contain every animal within each group. Clades like Petalonamae only have select members shown.

Note B: unlinked clade names in quotes are made-up, linked clade names in quotes are paraphyletic.

Example clade:

A

B

C

Animalia
Porifera
Ctenophora
ParaHoxozoa
Placozoa
Planulozoa
Cnidaria
Bilateria

Ikaria

Plexus

Temnoxa

Parvancorina

Protostomia
Deuterostomia
Xenambulacraria
Xenacoelomorpha
Ambulacraria
”Chordatomorpha”