Microscopic Organism Adds A Realm to Animal Kingdom From: The Washington Post | Date: December 14, 1995| Author: Boyce Rensberger | Copyright 1995 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Danish biologists have discovered a new kind of animal so different from all other known life forms that they say it represents not just a new species but an entire new phylum, the much larger classification just below that of kingdom.

There are about 1.3 million known species in the animal kingdom, and newly discovered ones are added to the list every day. But they all belong to only about 35 known phyla, and it's been 13 years since the last new one was recognized.

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