Craniata
Craniata
Barry Boehm
<catset>Category="Chordates"</catset><table border=1 cellpadding=0 style="position:relative; margin: 0 0 0.5em 1em; border-collapse: collapse; float:right; clear:right; width:200px;"><tr style="text-align:center;"><th style=" background: pink;"><div style="float:right; font-size:70%; padding:0 .5em 0 2em">?</div><b> Craniata</b></th></tr><tr style="text-align:center;"><th style=" background: pink;"><b><a href="Scientific classification">Scientific classification</a></b></th></tr><tr style="text-align:center;"><td> <table cellpadding=2 style="margin:0 auto; text-align:left; background:none;"><tr valign=top><td>Kingdom:</td><td><a href="Animal">Animalia</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Phylum:</td><td><a href="Chordate">Chordata</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Subphylum:</td><td><b>Craniata</b></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style="text-align:center; background: pink;"><th><b> Classes</b></th></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0 .5em;"> <a href="Hagfish">Hyperotreti</a><br><a href="Vertebrate">Vertebrata</a></td></tr></table><p><b>Craniata</b> is a type of <a href="Chordate">chordate</a> <a href="Animal">Animal</a> group that contains vertebrates (<a href="Vertebrate">vertebrata</a>) and <a href="Hagfish">Hagfish</a> (<a href="Hagfish">Hyperotreti</a>). It is defined as meaning all animals with <a href="Skull">skulls</a>, whence the name.<ul><li><a href="Hagfish">Hyperotreti</a> (or <i>Myxini</i>) <ul> <li><a href="Hagfish">Myxiniformes</a> <ul> <li><a href="Hagfish">Myxinidae</a> </ul> </ul> <li><a href="Vertebrate">Vertebrata</a> <ul> <li><a href="Gnathostomata">Gnathostomata</a> <ul> <li><a href="Chondrichthyes">Chondrichthyes</a> <li><a href="Teleostomi">Teleostomi</a> </ul> <li><a href="Lamprey">Hyperoartia</a> <ul> <li><a href="Lamprey">Petromyzontiformes</a> </ul> </ul> </ul>