Bilateria
animals with bilateral symmetry, at least as embryo
The Bilateria are animals which are bilaterally symmetrical. They have front and a back end, an upside and downside, and a left and right side. Most animals are bilateral.
| Bilateria Temporal range: Ediacaran – Recent | |
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| Diversity of bilaterians. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | ParaHoxozoa |
| Clade: | Bilateria |
Main subgroups
- Deuterostomia
- Echinodermata (20,000 species, 7000 living)
- Chordata. mostly Vertebrata (63,000 species)
- Hemichordata
- Protostomia
- Ecdysozoa (6 to 20 million species) [1]
- Nematoda (20,000 species known +many more)
- Arthropoda (one to 10 million species)
- Lophotrochozoa
- Annelida (17,000 species)
- Platyhelminthes (20,000+ species)
- Mollusca (85,000+ species)
- Brachiopoda (5,000 fossil species)
- Rhombozoa
- Platyzoa
- Minor phyla (like Chaetognatha)
- Ecdysozoa (6 to 20 million species) [1]
Numbers are approximate; extinct species numbers cannot be known for most phyla.
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