HAECKEL'S CLASSIFICATION OF THE ANIMAL WORLD

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Unicellular animals (Protozoa)
1. Unnucleated Bacteria
ProtamÆbÆ
Monera
2. Nucleated a. Rhizopoda Amoebina
Radiolaria
b. Infusoria Flagellata
Ciliata
3. Cell-colonies Catallacta
BlastÆada

Unicellular animals (Protozoa)
I
Coelenterata,

or Zoophytes.
Animals without
body-cavity,
blood, or anus.
a. GastrÆads Gastremaria
Cyemaria
b. Sponges ProtospongiÆ
MetaspongiÆ
c. Cnidaria
(stinging animals)
Hydrozoa
Polyps
MedusÆ
d. Platodes
(flat-worms)
Platodaria
Turbullaria
Trematoda
Cestoda
II
Coelomaria
or
Bilaterals.
Animals with
body-cavity and
anus, and generally
blood.
a. Vermalia
(worm-like)
Rotatoria
Strongylaria
Prosopygia
Frontonia
b. Molluscs Cochlides
Conchades
Teuthodes
c. Articulates Annelida
Crustacea
Tracheata
d. Echinoderms Monorchonia
Pentorchonia
e. Tunicates Copelata
AscidiÆ
ThalidiÆ
f. Vertebrates I. Acrania-Lancelet
(without skull)
II. Craniota
(with skull)
a. Cyclostomes
(“round-mouthed”)
b. Fishes Selachii
Ganoids
Teleosts
Dipneusts
c. Amphibia
d. Reptiles
e. Birds
f. Mammal Monotremes
Marsupials
Placentals:
Rodents
Edentates
Ungulates
Cetacea
Sirenia
Insectivora
Cheiroptera
Carnassia
Primates

(This classification is given for the purpose of explaining Haeckel’s use of terms in this volume. The general reader should bear in mind that it differs very considerably from more recent schemes of classification. He should compare the scheme framed by Professor E. Ray Lankester.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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