HIGHER TAXONOMIC CATEGORIES |
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PHYLUM |
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| Archaebacteria | ||||
| Thermophiles (in hot springs) | ||||
| Eubacteria | ||||
| Cyanobacteria (photosynthetic)
Actinomycetes (Gram-positive, common in soil) Enterobacteria (Gram-negative; e.g. E. coli, plague, cholera) Spirochaetes (spiral shaped; e.g. syphilis) |
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| Protista | ||||
| Ciliophora (e.g. paramecium)
Rhizopoda (e.g. amoeba) Phaeophyta (e.g. kelp) |
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| Fungi | ||||
| Basidiomycota (e.g. toadstools)
Ascomycota (e.g. yeast) |
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| Plantae | ||||
| Bryophyta (e.g. moss)
Pterophyta (e.g. fern) Coniferophyta (e.g. pine) Anthophyta (flowering plants) |
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| Dicotyledoneae (e.g. oak)
Monocotyledoneae (e.g. grasses, corn) |
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| Animalia | ||||
| Porifera (e.g. sponge)
Cnidaria (e.g. jellyfish) Platyhelminthes (e.g. planaria, tapeworm) Nematoda (e.g. hookworm) Mollusca (e.g. clam, slug) Annelida( e.g. earthworm, leech) Arthropoda (exoskeleton, jointed legs) |
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| Arachnida (e.g. spider, tick, mite)
Crustacea (e.g. crab, lobster, pillbug) Insecta (six legs) |
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| Coleoptera (e.g. beetle)
Diptera (e.g. fly) |
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| Echinodermata (e.g. starfish)
Chordata (notochord, gill slits, dorsal hollow nerve cord, post-anal tail) |
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| Chondrichthyes (e.g. shark)
Osteichthyes (e.g. trout) Amphibia (e.g. frog, salamander) Reptilia (e.g. snake, lizard) Aves (e.g. hawk, sparrow) Mammalia (hair, mammary glands) |
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| Chiroptera (e.g. bat)
Rodentia (e.g. rat) Carnivora (e.g. lion) Primates (large brain, finger nails) |
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Harold F. Sears, Boulder, CO 80303; email: hfsears@isp01.net |
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