Talk:Phylum

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Miozoa and Sulcozoa

Both of them are available on Wikipedia, but not under those names, instead you can get their pages by searching "Myzozoa" and "Cercozoa". Can somebody edit it so it shows the correct/different spelling and have a link?

Tree of Phyla

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Should this entry not aim to show the tree of phyla and the relationship between them - eg the close link between chordates and echinoderms and the grouping of animal phyla into bilateral and radial groups? [unsigned]

No, there's no reason for that: this article's focus is the single concept "Phylum", not an analysis of all known phyla, let alone a discussion of all their relationships (that is grossly off-topic, and would overlap with multiple other articles on those groups). By the same token, there is no good reason for the section "Known phyla" in this article. The article properly discusses definitions of "Phylum" and the history of the term, back to Haeckel's creation. There is no reason to overlap massively with Animal, Plant, Fungus, and Protista, let alone Bacteria and Archaea. For one thing, all those have "Main" articles, and per SUMMARYSTYLE, the most we should have there is a brief summary of those articles; but the case is worse than that, as we should not be listing all phyla in an article on the concept, it's just off-topic. I shall cut down the chapter now. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:20, 25 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Would a "List of phyla" article be appropriate? TennisFish from Earth (talk) 15:21, 27 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

@TennisFish from Earth YES PLEASE IM BEGGING YOU Dinopie (talk) 01:13, 10 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

There is already a List of phyla page which just redirects to Phylum. Since this page no longer provides a list of phyla, the redirect seems inappropriate. It would very much be possible to make it no longer a redirect and transfer the excised tables to that page. I'm going to start a talk page there to discuss it. (My little brother was very sad about the tables being gone.) Shalhebetyah (talk) 01:20, 15 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

I have just created the page for List of animal phyla. I just pasted the two tables, please help improve it (I don't know how to properly) TennisFish from Earth (talk) 16:36, 16 October 2026 (UTC)Reply