Nephrozoa

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 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Diversity of nephrozoans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Holozoa
(unranked):	Filozoa
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
Clade:	ParaHoxozoa
Clade:	Bilateria
Clade:	Nephrozoa Jondelius et al. , 2002
Phyla
Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata Ambulacraria (?) Hemichordata Echinodermata Protostomia (unranked) Superphylum Ecdysozoa Kinorhyncha Loricifera Priapulida Nematoda Nematomorpha Onychophora Tardigrada Arthropoda Spiralia (unranked) Superphylum Platyzoa Platyhelminthes Gastrotricha Rotifera Acanthocephala Gnathostomulida Micrognathozoa Cycliophora Chaetognatha Superphylum Lophotrochozoa Hyolitha † Nemertea Phoronida Bryozoa Entoprocta Brachiopoda Mollusca Annelida
Synonyms
Eubilateria Peter Ax, 1987

Groups

• Deuterostomia
• Protostomia