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Animal biodiversity: 
An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness


Zootaxa 3148: 1-237 (23 Dec. 2011)
Edited by ZHI-QIANG ZHANG 
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Zootaxa 3148: 1–2 (23 Dec. 2011
Title & copyright page

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Zootaxa 3148: 3–6 (23 Dec. 2011)
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Zootaxa 3148: 7–12 (23 Dec. 2011) 44 references
Animal biodiversity: An introduction to higher-level classification and taxonomic richness
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG
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Zootaxa 3148: 13–18 (23 Dec. 2011) 11 references
Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness 

JOHN N.A. HOOPER, ROB W.M. VAN SOEST & ANDRZEJ PISERA
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Zootaxa 3148: 19–23 (23 Dec. 2011) 28 references
Class Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
ANDREA L. CROWTHER
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Zootaxa 3148: 24–25 (23 Dec. 2011) 12 references
Phylum Xenacoelomorpha Philippe, et al., 2011. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
SETH TYLER & STEPHEN SCHILLING
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Zootaxa 3148: 26–38 (23 Dec. 2011) 1 reference
Pisces. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
WILLIAM N. ESCHMEYER & JON D. FONG
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Zootaxa 3148: 39–55 (23 Dec. 2011) 233 references
Class Amphibia Gray, 182. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
DAVID C. BLACKBURN & DAVID B. WAKE
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Zootaxa 3148: 56–60 (23 Dec. 2011) 1 reference
Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
D.E. WILSON & D.M. REEDER
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Zootaxa 3148: 61–62 (23 Dec. 2011) 16 references
Order Testudines Batsch, 1788. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
UWE FRITZ
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Zootaxa 3148: 63–95 (23 Dec. 2011) 385 references
Phylum Nematoda Cobb 1932. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

MIKE HODDA
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Zootaxa 3148: 96–97 (23 Dec. 2011)  10 references
Phylum Tardigrada Doyère, 1840. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
ROBERTO GUIDETTI & ROBERTO BERTOLANI
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Zootaxa 3148: 98–98 (23 Dec. 2011)  6 references
Phylum Onychophora Grube, 1853. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
GEORG MAYER & IVO DE SENA OLIVEIRA
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Zootaxa 3148: 99–103 (23 Dec. 2011)  48 references
Phylum Arthropoda von Siebold, 1848 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG
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Zootaxa 3148: 104–109 (23 Dec. 2011)  18 references
Class Trilobita Walch, 1771. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
JONATHAN M. ADRAIN
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Zootaxa 3148: 110–111 (23 Dec. 2011)  21 references
Class Pycnogonida Latreille, 1810. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

ROGER BAMBER
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Zootaxa 3148: 112–114 (23 Dec. 2011)  15 references
Order Opiliones Sundevall, 1833. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

ADRIANO B. KURY
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Zootaxa 3148: 115–117 (23 Dec. 2011)  8 references
Order Scorpiones C.L. Koch, 1850. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

LORENZO PRENDINI
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Zootaxa 3148: 118–118 (23 Dec. 2011)  3 references
Order Solifugae Sundevall, 1833. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

LORENZO PRENDINI
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Zootaxa 3148: 119–120 (23 Dec. 2011)  6 references
Order Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

MARK HARVEY
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Zootaxa 3148: 121–121 (23 Dec. 2011)  15 references
Order Palpigradi Thorell, 1888. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

LORENZO PRENDINI
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Zootaxa 3148: 122–122 (23 Dec. 2011) 4 references
Order Ricinulei Thorell, 1876. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

LORENZO PRENDINI
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Zootaxa 3148: 123–128 (23 Dec. 2011) 44 references
Superorder Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

FRÉDÉRIC BEAULIEU, Ashley P.G. Dowling, Hans Klompen, Gilberto J. de Moraes & David Evans Walter
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Zootaxa 3148: 129–138 (23 Dec. 2011) 110 references
Order Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

ZHI-QIANG ZHANG, QING-HAI FAN, VLADIMIR PESIC, HARRY SMIT, ANDRE V. BOCHKOV, A. A. KHAUSTOV, ANNE BAKER, ANDREAS WOHLTMANN, TINGHUAN WEN, JAMES W. AMRINE, P. BERON, JIANZHEN LIN, GRZEGORZ GABRYS & ROBERT HUSBAND
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Zootaxa 3148: 139–140 (23 Dec. 2011) 7 references
Suborder Endeostigmata Reuter, 1909. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

DAVID EVANS WALTER, SAMUEL BOLTON, MATTI UUSITALO & ZHI-QIANG ZHANG
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Zootaxa 3148: 141–148 (23 Dec. 2011) 15 references
Suborder Oribatida van der Hammen, 1968. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

HEINRICH SCHATZ, Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier, Barry M. OConnor & Roy A. Norton
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Zootaxa 3148: 149–153 (23 Dec. 2011) 10 references
Order Araneae Clerck, 1757. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

JASON A. DUNLOP & DAVID PENNEY
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Zootaxa 3148: 154–154 (23 Dec. 2011) 4 references
Order Amblypygi Thorell, 1883. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

LORENZO PRENDINI
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Zootaxa 3148: 155–155 (23 Dec. 2011) 5 references
Order Thelyphonida Latreille, 1804. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

LORENZO PRENDINI
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Zootaxa 3148: 156–156 (23 Dec. 2011) 3 references
Order Schizomida Petrunkevitch, 1945. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

LORENZO PRENDINI
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Zootaxa 3148: 157–158 (23 Dec. 2011) 8 references
Class Chilopoda, Class Symphyla and Class Pauropoda. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

ALESSANDRO MINELLI
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Zootaxa 3148: 159–164 (23 Dec. 2011) 16 references
Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

WILLIAM SHEAR
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Zootaxa 3148: 165–191 (23 Dec. 2011) 66 references
Subphylum Crustacea Brünnich, 1772. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

SHANE T. AHYONG, JAMES K. LOWRY, MIGUEL ALONSO, ROGER N. BAMBER, GEOFFREY A. BOXSHALL, PETER CASTRO, SARAH GERKEN, GORDAN S. KARAMAN, JOSEPH W. GOY, DIANA S. JONES, KENNETH MELAND, D. CHRISTOPHER ROGERS & JÖRUNDUR SVAVARSSON
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Zootaxa 3148: 192–194 (23 Dec. 2011) 34 references
Class Collembola Lubbock, 1870. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

FRANS JANSSENS & KENNETH A. CHRISTIANSEN
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Zootaxa 3148: 195–197 (23 Dec. 2011) 20 references
Order Orthoptera Oliver, 1789. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

SIGFRID INGRISCH
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Zootaxa 3148: 198–198 (23 Dec. 2011) 3 references
Order Phasmida Leach. 1815. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

PAUL D. BROCK & JUDITH MARSHALL
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Zootaxa 3148: 199–200 (23 Dec. 2011) 7 references
Order Blattodea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

GEORGE W. BECCALONI & PAUL EGGLETON
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Zootaxa 3148: 201–202 (23 Dec. 2011) 10 references
Order Thysanoptera Haliday, 1836. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

LAURENCE A. MOUND
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Zootaxa 3148: 203–208 (23 Dec. 2011) 13 references
Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

S. A. SLIPINSKI, R. A. B. LESCHEN, AND J. F. LAWRENCE
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Zootaxa 3148: 209–211 (23 Dec. 2011) 16 references
Order Trichoptera Kirby, 1813. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

RALPH W. HOLZENTHAL, JOHN C. MORSE & KARL M. KJER
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Zootaxa 3148: 212–221 (23 Dec. 2011) 61 references
Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

ERIK J. VAN NIEUKERKEN, LAURI KAILA, IAN J. KITCHING, NIELS P. KRISTENSEN, DAVID C. LEES, JOËL MINET, CHARLES MITTER, MARKO MUTANEN, JEROME C. REGIER, THOMAS J. SIMONSEN, NIKLAS WAHLBERG, SHEN-HORN YEN, REZA ZAHIRI, DAVID ADAMSKI, JOAQUIN BAIXERAS, DANIEL BARTSCH, BENGT Å. BENGTSSON, JOHN W. BROWN, SIBYL RAE BUCHELI, DONALD R. DAVIS, JURATE DE PRINS, WILLY DE PRINS, MARC E. EPSTEIN, PATRICIA GENTILI-POOLE, CEES GIELIS, PETER HÄTTENSCHWILER, AXEL HAUSMANN, JEREMY D. HOLLOWAY, AXEL KALLIES, OLE KARSHOLT, AKITO Y. KAWAHARA, SJAAK (J.C.) KOSTER, MIKHAIL V. KOZLOV, J. DONALD LAFONTAINE, GERARDO LAMAS, JEAN-FRANÇOIS LANDRY, SANGMI LEE, MATTHIAS NUSS, KYU-TEK PARK, CARLA PENZ, JADRANKA ROTA, ALEXANDER SCHINTLMEISTER, B. CHRISTIAN SCHMIDT, JAE-CHEON SOHN, M. ALMA SOLIS, GERHARD M. TARMANN, ANDREW D. WARREN, SUSAN WELLER, ROMAN V. YAKOVLEV, VADIM V. ZOLOTUHIN, ANDREAS ZWICK
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Zootaxa 3148: 222–229 (23 Dec. 2011) 31 references
Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

THOMAS PAPE, VLADIMIR BLAGODEROV & MIKHAIL B. MOSTOVSKI
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Zootaxa 3148: 230–230 (23 Dec. 2011) 5 references
Phylum Phoronida Hatschek, 1888. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richnes

CHRISTIAN C. EMIG
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Zootaxa 3148: 231–233 (23 Dec. 2011) 29 references
Phylum Rotifera Cuvier, 1817. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

H. SEGERS
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Zootaxa 3148: 234–237 (23 Dec. 2011) 33 references
Phylum Acanthocephala Kohlreuther, 1771 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

SCOTT MONKS & DENNIS J. RICHARDSON
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Species counts
1,552,319 Animalia
1,242,040 Arthropoda
1,020,007 Insecta
387,100 Coleoptera 
159,294 Diptera
157,424 Lepidoptera
113,894 Chelicerata
112,201 Arachnida
66,914 Crustacea
54,617 Acari
43,579 Araneae
24,783 Nematoda
24,276 Orthoptera 
19,606 Trilobita  
11,885 Myriapoda 
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