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What is a phylum?

What is a phylum? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank
  2. (linguistics) A large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not subordinate to another.
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Bryozoa is the only major phylum that does not have a fossil record in the Cambrian.
Horsehair or gordian worms are unusual invertebrates in the phylum Nematomorpha.
In any case, there is molecular evidence to suggest that the Anthozoa are the earliest branch of the phylum Cnidaria.
Technically an invertebrate, amphioxus is classified in subphylum Protochordata, phylum Chordata.
Lobsters, crabs, prawns, bay bugs, freshwater and marine crayfish all belong to the phylum Arthropoda, the group which also contains insects.
Ferns and fern allies are cryptogamous plants of the phylum Polypodiophyta.

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