 | Term | Definition |
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Domain Prokarya |
prokaryotes: no nucleus and membrane bound organelles |
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Super Kingdom Monera |
Bacteria: Archaea and Eubacteria |
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Kingdom Archaea (Archaebacteria) |
adapted to extreme conditions (halophiles- extreme heat) |
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Kingdom Eubacteria |
true bacteria, all environments, 3 shapes: circular, rod, spiral |
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coccus |
circular bacteria |
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bacillus |
rod bacteria |
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spirilla |
spiral bacteria |
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Domain Eukarya |
eukaryotes: membrane enclosed nucleus and organelles |
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Kingdom Protista |
junk drawer of eukaryotes |
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sarcodines |
pseudopods (false feet) |
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Phylum Myxomycota |
slime molds |
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Phylum Ciliophora |
locomotion by cilia (short hair like structures that beat) |
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Phylum Apicomplexa |
parasites, formation of spores for reproduction |
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flagellates |
heterotrophic, locomotion by flagella (whip-tails) |
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Phylum Diatoms |
aquatic, need moisture |
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Phylum Phaeophyta |
autotrophic, macroscopic (really big), marine |
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Phylum Rhodophyta |
multicellular, macroscopic, mostly marine, soure of agar |
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Phylum Chlorophyta |
autotrophic, freshwater or any moist environment, asexual and sexual reproduction, ancestral to plants |
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Kingdom Fungi |
eukaryotic, heterotrophic, many parasitic, decomposers, antibiotic source, reproduction by spores |
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Kingdom Plantae |
eukaryotic, autotrophic, cellulose-containg cell walls, chloroplasts with chlorophylls a bad b, asexual and sexual reproduction, sessile |
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Phylum Bryophyta |
small, nonvascular, moist habitats, reproduction: alteration of generations (gamete, sporophyte) |
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Phylum Hepatophyta |
nonvascular, moist habitats |
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Phylum Lycophyta |
spores borne on conelike tips |
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Phylum Filicinophyta |
compund leaves, reproduction by spores, source of fossil feuls |
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Phylum Cycadophyta |
naked seeds in cones (no fruit) |
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Phylum Ginkgophyta |
fan-shaped leaves, oldest species of trees, no known predators, female smells bad, incomplete plant (diff parts for male and female), ginkgoes |
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Phylum Coniferophyta |
cones, needle-shaped leaves, many evergreen |
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Phylum Anthophyta |
flowering plants, seeds enclosed in fruit, quarter of a million species |
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Class Monocotyledoneae |
flower parts in threes, parallel-veined leaves, one cotyledon embryo, monocots |
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Class Dicotyledoneae |
flower parts in fours or fives, net-veined leaves, two cotyledon embryo, dicots |
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Kingdom Animalia |
eukaryotic, multicellular, heterotrophic, most motile at some stage, reproduction mostly sexual |
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Phylum Porifera |
only sessile animals, two cell layers, body with pores, filter feeding |
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Phylum Cnidaria |
radially symmetrical, two cell layers, mouth surrounded by stinging tentacles, saclike gut, (1st) nerve network, one opening |
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Phylum Platyhelminthes |
bilaterally symmetrical, three cell layers, gut with one opening, many parasitic, flat worms |
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Phylum Nematoda |
bilaterally symmetrical, 3 cell layers, gut with two openings, many parasitic, roundworms |
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Phylum Rotifera |
mostly motile, bilaterally symmetrical, cilia form a wheel around mouth |
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Phylum Chelicerata |
formerly in Phylum Arthropoda, motile, bilaterally symmetrical, two body parts, jointed appendages, chitinous exoskeleton, no wings, lack antennae and mandibles, gas exchange dependent on habitat |
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Class Merostomata |
Phylum Chelicerata, marine |
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Class Arachnida |
Phylum Chelicerata, air-breathing |
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Phylum Crustacea |
formerly in Phylum Arthropoda, two body parts, two paris of antennae, mostly aquatic |
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Phylum Mandibulata |
formerly in Phylum Arthropoda, three body parts, one pair of antennae, 6 legs, 1-2 pairs of wings, insects, millipedes, centipedes |
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Class Hexapoda |
one pair of antennae, 1-2 pairs of wings, 6 legs, gas exchange through trachea |
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Class Myriapoda |
centipedes and millipedes |
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Phylum Annelida |
bilaterally symmetrical, internally and externally segmented |
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Phylum Mollusca |
bilaterally symmetrical, soft-bodied, usually with shell, well-developed systems, includes Class Bivalvia |
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Phylum Echinodermata |
radially symmetrical, echinoderms, spiny-skinned animals, rays usually in multiples of 5 |
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Phylum Craniata |
formerly in Phylum Chordata, vertebrate animals, notocord becomes brain and spinal cord, brain in cranium/skull, gill slits at some developmental stage |
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Class Cyclostomata |
cartilaginous skeleton, two chambered heart, jawless fish |
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Class Chondrichthyes |
paired fins, two chamebered heart, gills, cartilaginous fish |
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Class Osteichthyes |
bony skeleton, fins, scales, two chambered heart, gills, bony fish |
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Class Amphibia |
bony skeleton, moist glandular skin, two pairs of limbs, three chambered heart, gas exchange through skin or lungs in adult, exchange through gills in larvae, part life in water and part on land, must stay moist, amphibians |
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Class Reptilia |
bony skeleton, dry scaly skin, two pairs of limbs, clidoic (leathery shelled) eggs, 3 and a half chamber heart (incompletely divided 4 chambered) |
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Class Aves |
bony skeleton, feathers, no teeth, wings, hard shelled eggs, four chambered heart, endothermic, hollow bones (light to facilitate flight), birds |
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Class Mammalia |
bony skeleton, hairs, mammary glands, four chambered heart, endothermic |
