What is Superphylum?
A '''superphylum''' is an unofficial [[evolutionary grade|grade]] in taxonomy, above the phylum and below the subregnum, used to describe a group of phyla which probably evolved from a common ancestor.<ref>Introduction to Conservation Genetics, p. 371; Richard Frankham, David A. Briscoe, Jonathan D. Ballou, Cambridge University Press, 2002</ref> It is used especially in the [[kingdom (biology)|animal kingdom]]. Examples: *[[Ecdysozoa]] *[[Lophotrochozoa]] *[[Radiata]] *[[Deuterostomia]] *[[Bilateria]] * Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae (PVC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://events.embo.org/13-pvc/|title=Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae Superphylum: Exceptions to the bacterial definition?|access-date=9 July 2016|archive-date=17 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117154921/http://events.embo.org/13-pvc/|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Notes == <references/> [[Category:Taxonomy]]