Protostome

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Protostomes
Fossil range: Ediacaran - Recent
Caribbean Reef Squid, an example of Protostome
Caribbean Reef Squid, an example of Protostome
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
(unranked) Bilateria
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908
Groups

Protostomes (Protostomia) are a taxon of animals. They are a subtaxon of the Bilateria branch of the subregnum Eumetazoa, and are opposed to the deuterostomes.