Biology Classification
Kingdom Animalia
(What is the kingdom?) Domain Eukarya Multicellular; eukaryotic; typically heterotrophs that ingest their food; lack cell walls; in most phyla, cells are organized into tissues that make up organs; most reproduce sexually; development involves formation of a hollow ball of cells called a blastula.
Kingdom Plantae
(What is the kingdom?) Domain Eukarya; Eukaryotic; multicellular and nonmotile; photosynthetic autotrophs; possess chlorophylls a and b and other pigments in organelles called chloroplasts; cell walls contain cellulose; food stored as starch; reproduce sexually; alternate haploid (gametophyte) and diploid (sporophyte) generations.
PHYLUM CILIOPHORA
DOMAIN EUKARYA: Kingdom Protista; [ANIMAL-LIKE PROTIST] (ciliates) All have cilia at some point in development; almost all use cilia for feeding and movement; characterized by two types of nuclei: macronuclei and micronuclei; most have a sexual process known as conjugation. Examples: Paramecium, Didinium, Stentor.
PHYLUM ZOOMASTIGINA
DOMAIN EUKARYA: Kingdom Protista; [ANIMAL-LIKE PROTIST] (zooflagellates) Possess one or more flagella that are used for movement; most reproduce asexually by mitosis. Examples: Trichomonas, Trichonympha.
PHYLUM SPOROZOA
DOMAIN EUKARYA: Kingdom Protista; [ANIMAL-LIKE PROTIST] Nonmotile parasites; produce small infective cells called sporozoites; life cycles usually complex, involving more than one host species; cause a number of diseases, including malaria. Example: Plasmodium.
PHYLUM SARCODINA
DOMAIN EUKARYA: Kingdom Protista; [ANIMAL-LIKE PROTIST] Sarcodines use pseudopods for feeding and movement; some produce elaborate shells that contain silica or calcium carbonate; most free-living; a few parasitic; some involved in formation of sedimentary rock. Examples: Amoeba, foraminiferans.
PHYLUM MYXOMYCOTA
DOMAIN EUKARYA: Kingdom Protista; [FUNGUSLIKE PROTIST] (acellular slime molds) Spores develop into haploid cells that can switch between flagellated and amoeba-like forms; these haploid cells fuse to form a zygote that grows into a plasmodium, which ultimately forms spore-producing fruiting bodies. Example: Physarum.
PHYLUM ACRASIOMYCOTA
DOMAIN EUKARYA: Kingdom Protista; [FUNGUSLIKE PROTIST] (cellular slime molds) Spores develop into independent free-living amoeba-like cells that may come together to form a multicellular structure; this structure forms a fruiting body that produces spores. Example: Dictyostelium.
PHYLUM OOMYCOTA
DOMAIN EUKARYA: Kingdom Protista; [FUNGUSLIKE PROTIST] (water molds) Unicellular or multicellular; mostly aquatic; cell walls contain cellulose. Example: Phytophthora infestans.
PHYLUM PHAEOPHYTA
DOMAIN EUKARYA: Kingdom Protista; [PLANT LIKE PROTIST] (brown algae) Live almost entirely in salt water; multicellular; contain chlorophyll a and c as well as the brown pigment fucoxanthin. Examples: Fucus (rockweed), kelp, Sargassum.
PHYLUM CHRYSOPHYTA
DOMAIN EUKARYA: Kingdom Protista; [PLANT LIKE PROTIST] (chrysophytes) Mostly photosynthetic; aquatic; mostly unicellular; contain bright yellow pigments. Example: Thallasiosira.
PHYLUM BACILLARIOPHYTA
DOMAIN EUKARYA: Kingdom Protista; [PLANT LIKE PROTIST] (diatoms) Photosynthetic; live in fresh and salt water; have unique glasslike cell walls; among the most abundant organisms on Earth. Example: Navicula.
PHYLUM PYRROPHYTA
DOMAIN EUKARYA: Kingdom Protista; [PLANT LIKE PROTIST] (dinoflagellates) Two flagella; about half live in salt water, are photosynthetic, and have rigid cell walls that contain cellulose; other half are heterotrophs; some are luminescent; unicellular; many are symbiotic. Examples: Gonyaulux, Noctilucans scintillans.
PHYLUM EUGLENOPHYTA
DOMAIN EUKARYA: Kingdom Protista; [PLANT LIKE PROTIST] (euglenophytes) Primarily photosynthetic; unicellular; most live in fresh water; possess two unequal flagella; lack cell walls. Example: Euglena.
PHYLUM RHODOPHYTA
DOMAIN EUKARYA: Kingdom Protista; [PLANT LIKE PROTIST] (red algae) Live almost entirely in salt water; multicellular; contain chlorophyll a as well as the red pigment phycobilin. Examples: Chondrus (Irish moss), coralline algae.
PHYLUM CHLOROPHYTA
DOMAIN EUKARYA: Kingdom Protista; [PLANT LIKE PROTIST] (green algae) Live in fresh water and salt water; unicellular or multicellular; chlorophylls and accessory pigments similar to those in vascular plants; food stored as starch. Examples: Ulva, Chlamydomonas, Spirogyra.
Kingdom Fungi
Domain Eukarya; Eukaryotic; heterotrophic; unicellular or multicellular; cell walls typically contain chitin; mostly decomposers; some parasites; some commensal or mutualistic symbionts; asexual reproduction by spore formation, budding, or fragmentation; sexual reproduction involving mating types; classified according to structure and method of reproduction.
PHYLUM BASIDIOMYCOTA
Domain Eukarya; Kingdom Fungi; (club fungi) Cell walls of chitin; hyphae have cross walls; sexual reproduction involves basidiospores, which are borne on club-shaped basidia; asexual reproduction by spore formation. Examples: mushrooms, puffballs, shelf fungi, rusts.
PHYLUM ZYGOMYCOTA
Domain Eukarya; Kingdom Fungi; (common molds) Cell walls of chitin; hyphae generally lack cross walls; sexual reproduction by conjugation produces diploid zygospores; asexual reproduction produces haploid spores; most parasites; some decomposers. Example: Rhizopus stolonifer (black bread mold).
PHYLUM DEUTEROMYCOTA
Domain Eukarya; Kingdom Fungi; (imperfect fungi) Cell walls of chitin; sexual phase of life cycle never observed; members resemble ascomycetes, basidiomycetes, or zygomycetes. Example: Penicillium.
PHYLUM ASCOMYCOTA
Domain Eukarya; Kingdom Fungi; (sac fungi) Cell walls of chitin; hyphae have perforated cross walls; most multicellular; yeasts unicellular; sexual reproduction produces ascospores; asexual reproduction by spore formation or budding; some cause plant diseases such as chestnut blight and Dutch elm disease. Examples: Neurospora (red bread mold), baker's yeast, morels, truffles.
DOMAIN EUKARYA: Kingdom Protista
Eukaryotic; usually unicellular; some multicellular or colonial; heterotrophic or autotrophic organisms.
FUNGUSLIKE PROTISTS
Heterotrophs that have some characteristics similar to those of fungi, though they have centrioles and lack cell walls of chitin.
PLANTLIKE PROTISTS
Photosynthetic autotrophs that have characteristics similar to those of plants. Some are unicellular, others are multicellular.
DOMAIN ARCHAEA: Kingdom Archaebacteria
This includes methanogens (organisms that produce methane gas, such as Methanobacterium), salt-loving bacteria (Halococcus), and thermoacidophilic bacteria (Thermoplasma), which grow in extremely high temperatures.
DOMAIN BACTERIA: Kingdom Eubacteria
This includes the blue-green bacteria (cyanobacteria such as Anabaena), chemoautotrophs (Nitrobacter), spirochetes (Treponema), prochlorobacteria (Prochloron), spore-forming bacteria (Bacillus), and obligate internal parasites, such as the rickettsiae (Rickettsia).
DOMAIN ARCHAEA: Kingdom Archaebacteria
Unicellular prokaryotic organisms that lack peptidoglycan cell walls and have distinctive ribosomal RNA sequences.
DOMAIN BACTERIA: Kingdom Eubacteria
Unicellular prokaryotic organisms; most have peptidoglycan cell walls. Sometimes form colonies of clumps or filaments.
ANIMAL-LIKE PROTISTS
Unicellular; heterotrophic; usually motile; also known as protozoa. Animal-like protists are classified into phyla based on how they move.
cellular slime molds
What is the common name for this? Phylum Acrasiomycota
sac fungi
What is the common name for this? Phylum Ascomycota
diatoms
What is the common name for this? Phylum Bacillariophyta
club fungi
What is the common name for this? Phylum Basidiomycota
green algae
What is the common name for this? Phylum Chlorophyta
chrysophytes
What is the common name for this? Phylum Chrysophyta
ciliates
What is the common name for this? Phylum Ciliophora
imperfect fungi
What is the common name for this? Phylum Deuteromycota
euglenophytes
What is the common name for this? Phylum Euglenophyta
acellular slime molds
What is the common name for this? Phylum Myxomycota
water molds
What is the common name for this? Phylum Oomycota
brown algae
What is the common name for this? Phylum Phaeophyta
dinoflagellates
What is the common name for this? Phylum Pyrrophyta
red algae
What is the common name for this? Phylum Rhodophyta
zooflagellates
What is the common name for this? Phylum Zoomastigina
common molds
What is the common name for this? Phylum Zygomycota
(Phylum pyrrophyta) dinoflagellates
What is the phylum and common name? about half live in salt water, are photosynthetic, and have rigid cell walls that contain cellulose
(Phylum Ciliophora) ciliates
What is the phylum and common name? all have cilia at some point in development
(Phylum ciliophora) ciliates
What is the phylum and common name? almost all use cilia for feeding and movement
(Phylum chrysophyta) crysophytes
What is the phylum and common name? aquatic
(Phylum sporozoa)
What is the phylum and common name? cause a number of diseases, including malaria
(Phylum ciliophora) ciliates
What is the phylum and common name? characterized by two types of nuclei: macronuclei and micronuclei
(Phylum chrysophyta) crysophytes
What is the phylum and common name? contain bright yellow pigments
(Phylum euglenophyta) euglenophytes
What is the phylum and common name? example: euglena
(Phylum sporozoa)
What is the phylum and common name? example: plasmodium
(Phylum chrysophyta) crysophytes
What is the phylum and common name? example: thallasiosira
(Phylum sarcodina)
What is the phylum and common name? examples: amoeba and foraminiferans
(Phylum pyrrophyta) dinoflagellates)
What is the phylum and common name? examples: gonyaulux, noctilucans scintillans
(Phylum ciliophora) ciliates
What is the phylum and common name? examples: paramecium, didinium, stentor
(Phylum zoomastigina) zooflagellates
What is the phylum and common name? examples: trichomonas, trichonympha
(Phylum pyrrophyta) dinoflagellates
What is the phylum and common name? half are heterotrophs
(Phylum euglenophyta) euglenophytes
What is the phylum and common name? lack cell walls
(Phylum sporozoa)
What is the phylum and common name? life cycles usually complex, involving more than one host species
(Phylum pyrrophyta) dinoflagellates
What is the phylum and common name? many are symbiotic
(Phylum sarcodina)
What is the phylum and common name? most free-living, a few parasitic
(Phylum ciliophora) ciliates
What is the phylum and common name? most have sexual process known as conjugation
(Phylum euglenophyta) euglenophytes
What is the phylum and common name? most live in freshwater
(Phylum zoomastigina) zooflagellates
What is the phylum and common name? most reproduce asexually by mitosis
(Phylum chrysophyta) crysophytes
What is the phylum and common name? mostly photosynthetic
(Phylum chrysophyta) crysophytes
What is the phylum and common name? mostly unicellular
(Phylum sporozoa)
What is the phylum and common name? nonmotile parasites
(Phylum bacillariophyta) diatoms
What is the phylum and common name? photosynthetic
(Phylum zoomastigina) zooflagellates
What is the phylum and common name? possess one or more flagella that are used for movement
(Phylum pyrrophyta) dinoflagellates
What is the phylum and common name? possess two flagella
(Phylum euglenophyta) euglenophytes
What is the phylum and common name? possess two unequal flagella
(Phylum euglenophyta) euglenophytes
What is the phylum and common name? primarily photosynthetic
(Phylum sporozoa)
What is the phylum and common name? produce small infective cells called sporozoites
(Phylum pyrrophyta) dinoflagellates
What is the phylum and common name? some are luminescent
(Phylum sarcodina)
What is the phylum and common name? some involved in formation of sedimentary rock
(Phylum sarcodina)
What is the phylum and common name? some produce elaborate shells that contain cilica or calcium carbonate
(Phylum euglenophyta) euglenophytes
What is the phylum and common name? unicellular
(Phylum pyrrophyta) dinoflagellates
What is the phylum and common name? unicellular
(Phylum sarcodina)
What is the phylum and common name? use pseudopods for feeding and movement
Kingdom Protista
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Acrasiomycota
Kingdom Fungi
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Ascomycota
Kingdom Protista
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Bacillariophyta
Kingdom Fungi
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Basidiomycota
Kingdom Protista
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Chlorophyta
Kingdom Protista
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Chrysophyta
Kingdom Protista
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Ciliophora
Kingdom Fungi
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Deuteromycota
Kingdom Protista
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Euglenophyta
Kingdom Protista
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Oomycota
Kingdom Protista
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Phaeophyta
Kingdom Protista
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Pyrrophyta
Kingdom Protista
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Rhodophyta
Kingdom Protista
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Sarcodina
Kingdom Protista
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Sporozoa
Kingdom Protista
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Zoomastigina
Kingdom Fungi
What kingdom is this from? Phylum Zygomycota
Kingdom Protista
What kingdom is this from? Phylum myxomycota
