noun
- a taxonomic category that ranks below phylum and above class in biological classification
Usage: biology
Examples
- Vertebrata is a subphylum of the phylum Chordata.
- The subphylum includes all animals with backbones.
- Scientists classify organisms into kingdom, phylum, subphylum, and class.
- This subphylum contains over 60,000 species of vertebrates.
- The textbook explained how subphyla are used to organize related groups of animals.
- Researchers discovered a new species within the arthropod subphylum.