Nephrozoa

clade of animals

The Nephrozoa (Eubilateria) are a major taxon of bilaterian animals consisting of the deuterostomes and protostomes. It is the living sister clade of the xenacoelomorphs.

Nephrozoa
Temporal range: Ediacaran - Present, 558–0 Ma
Diversity of nephrozoans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Holozoa
(unranked): Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Clade: ParaHoxozoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
Jondelius et al. , 2002
Phyla
Synonyms

Eubilateria Peter Ax, 1987

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