phylum
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- noun
- /ˈfaɪləm/
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- MSX, a spore-forming protozoan in the phylum Haplosporidia, is most prevalent along the mid-Atlantic U.S. coast, but is reported from Maine to Florida.
- phylum comprises classes
Examples
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There were no taxonomic differences at the order and phylum level.
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In the case of the Dunnock, it is in phylum Chordata.
Blog text (30) -
Well, we found a new phylum in Biology.
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At the phylum level, no significant differences were observed.
Academic text (2018) -
The next step down from that would be to decide in which class of the phylum Chordata it belongs.
Blog text (30) -
I'll present what is really the simplest creature in our phylum Amphioxus.
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Squid, all cephalopods in fact, belong to the phylum Mollusca.
Fiction book (2000) -
During the 20th century, Pythium insidiosum was the only fungus-like species from the phylum Oomycota known to cause life-threatening infections in mammals and birds (1, 2).
Academic text (2015) -
The scientist explained that each phylum groups organisms based on shared characteristics and evolutionary history.
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Within the animal kingdom, the vertebrate phylum includes all species with a backbone.
Synonyms
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A major group used to classify plants
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A group of living things that scientists put together, like a species or family
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A set of living things that are put together because they are related, for example lions and tigers
A rank in the classification of living things like species or family that shows how they are related
Compounds
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Sea animals that have two hard shells on top and bottom and look like a clam but are not clams
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A group of small water animals that live together in colonies in seas and rivers
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A group of small transparent worms called arrowworms that eat tiny sea animals in oceans worldwide
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A major animal group with a backbone or soft rod along the back at some stage, like mammals
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A group of water animals like jellyfish, sea anemones, and corals that have stinging cells
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Tiny single-celled living things that live in fresh or salt water and have special colours
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A small group of sea animals called comb jellies that have soft bodies and move with rows of tiny hairs
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A group of tiny water animals with a wheel of tiny hairs at the front
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A group of soft sea worms with a front part you can pull inside, called peanut worms
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A group of sea animals with body parts that spread out from the middle, like starfish and sea urchins
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A group of small water animals called moss animals that live in colonies and filter food
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A large group of long, thin worms without body sections found almost everywhere
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A group of mostly sea worms with long bodies and a soft arm they can push out
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A group of soft flat animals like tapeworms and planarians that lack bones and hearts
- Archaic
A group of deep-sea worms with beard-like tentacles placed in a different worm family
How Specific
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word phylum comes from the Greek phylon, which means 'tribe' or 'race'. In biology it names a very large group that holds related classes of animals or plants, so a phylum is like a big 'tribe' of living things.