Both phylum and division occur below kingdom and above class. The main difference between phylum and division is that phylum is a classification level of the animal kingdom whereas division is the alternative classification level to the phylum in the kingdom Plantae and Fungi. ... The kingdom Animalia comprises 36 phyla.

What is the same as phylum?

If someone asks you what you have in common with the Antarctic icefish, you can say that you both belong to the same phylum, meaning the same taxonomic group: you are both vertebrates. ... Phylum comes above class and below kingdom in the biological classification system.

Is division the same as kingdom?

Division is same as kingdom and phylum is more exclusive than division.