In biology, a phylum (/ ˈfaɪləm /; pl.: phyla) is a level of classification, or taxonomic rank, that is below kingdom and above class.

A superphylum is an unofficial grade in taxonomy, above the phylum and below the subregnum, used to describe a group of phyla which probably evolved from a common ancestor. [1] It is …

Gregory Fournier and Anthony Poole have proposed that Promethearchaeati is part of "the Eukaryote tree", forming a superphylum they call "Eukaryomorpha" defined by "shared derived …

Jan 11, 2017 · Here we describe the ‘Asgard’ superphylum, a group of uncultivated archaea that, as well as Lokiarchaeota, includes Thor-, Odin- and Heimdallarchaeota.

The PVC superphylum is a superphylum of bacteria named after its three important members, Planctomycetota, Verrucomicrobiota, and Chlamydiota. [2] [3] Cavalier-Smith postulated that …

Elucidating the diversity of the Archaea has many important ecological and evolutionary implications. The Asgard superphylum of the archaea, described recently from metagenomic …

May 4, 2020 · Nevertheless, this broader taxonomic sampling of archaeal diversity has allowed the clustering of several archaeal phyla into larger taxonomic groups that are now referred to …

Most organisms placed in the superphylum Lophotrochozoa possess either a lophophore feeding apparatus or a trochophore larvae (thus the contracted name, “lopho-trocho-zoa”). The …

[super- + phylum] super- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, with the basic meaning “above, beyond.”

Previously, genetic studies have been used to group the seemingly disparate animals together in a superphylum called Ecdysozoa. Average bootstrap support values are provided for each …