sub-phylum in English
noun
1
a taxonomic category that ranks below phylum and above class.
To give the idea of a subphylum, the entire Vertebrata are in the Linnean arrangement a subphylum of the phylum Chordata.
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1. Sub-phylum: Chelicerata, General characters
2. The Chelicerata are a sub-phylum of the Arthropods.The sub-phylum consists of only two classes: the Arachnids and the Merostomata.
3. The Chelicerata are a sub- phylum of the Arthropods
4. Ascidians (Phylum Chordata, Class Ascidiacea), or sea squirts, are the largest and most diverse class of the sub-phylum Tunicata (also known as Urochordata)