Synonym: Metazoa Haeckel 1874
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Opisthokonta according to M. A. Ruggiero et al. 2015
See also Adl et al. 2005, Blackwell 2004, Lang et al. 2002, Margulis 1996, Sepkoski 2002, Shoshani et al. 1989, Woese et al. 1990 and Zrzavy et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Choanomonada, Choanozoa, Holomycota, Holozoa, Mesomycetozoa, Microsporidia
Subtaxa: Agmata Arboreomorpha Atalotaenia Bilateria Bilaterialomorpha Bomakellia Broccoliforma Bronicella Chenmengella Chondroplon Cnidaria Convolutubus Deuteronectanebos Dictyorhabdus Diploblastica Dorfopterus Eodiorygma Epitheliozoa Erniettomorpha Eumetazoa Euradiculata Evmiaksia Gaojiashania Gephyrea Goettingenia Hadrynichorde Hadryniscala Helanoichnus Homoblastica Hyolithelminthida Khasaktidae Kimberellomorpha Kinzeriidae Kuckaraukia Lazaichnus Lidaconus Limacites Lomosovis Macrocypris kayi Megathrix Mesozoa Muricassis Odontogriphidae Oligoopilionus Palaeacmaea Parazoa Pentaradialomorpha Persimedusites Petalonamae Porifera Proarticulata Problematica Protolyellia Rhizostomites Scenellopsis Sentularia Silicea Silicispongea Siphonoconcha Somatohelix Spygoria Subtilicyathus Tentaculitoidea Tetraradialomorpha Trichoplax Triradialomorpha Ventogyrus Vertebrosa Westgardia Xidazoon Yangtziramulus Yelovichnus Yunnanomedusa