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Phylum
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"Phylum" in a Sentence (5 examples)
Lobsters and insects belong to the same phylum known as arthropods.
Onychophorology is a discipline of biology that studies the phylum Onychophora and all topics related to onychophorans in all fields of research.
Chordates are the third largest animal phylum.
Mammals belong to the phylum Chordata.
While biologists are perpetually finding new species, they can almost always fit the organism into one of the existing taxonomic pigeonholes by which scientists classify life forms. The discovery of an organism so unusual that it needs its own phylum is an extremely rare event.
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