DIVERSITY OF LIFE THE KINGDOMS THE DOMAINS DOMAIN

DIVERSITY OF LIFE THE KINGDOMS

THE DOMAINS DOMAIN ARCHAEA DOMAIN EUKARYA THERMUS AQUATICUS DOMAIN BACTERIA E. COLI VOLVOX

DOMAIN ARCHAEA • PROKARYOTIC, UNICELLULAR OR COLONIAL ORGANISMS • LACK PEPTIDOGLYCAN IN CELL WALLS • MAY HAVE BRANCHED CARBON CHAINS IN THEIR MEMBRANE LIPIDS

DOMAIN BACTERIA • PROKARYOTIC BACTERIA, USUALLY UNICELLULAR • 3 SHAPES: COCCI, BACILLI, AND SPIROCHETE • DECOMPOSERS, PHOTO SYNTHESIZERS, OR CAUSE DISEASE • CELL WALLS CONTAIN PEPTIDOGLYCAN • CONTAIN RRNA UNIQUE FROM ARCHAEA AND EUKARYA

DOMAIN EUKARYA • KINGDOM PROTISTA • KINGDOM FUNGI • KINGDOM PLANTAE • KINGDOM ANIMALIA

KINGDOM PROTISTA Dinoflagellates Ciliates Brown Algae Red Algae Green Algae

KINGDOM FUNGI BREAD MOLD YEASTS, TRUFFLES, MORELS MUSHROOMS AND RUSTS

KINGDOM PLANTAE NON-VASCULAR PLANTS

KINGDOM PLANTAE NON SEED BEARING PLANTS

KINGDOM PLANTAE PALM-LIKE LEAVES HAVE A SHORT, UNBRANCHED TRUNK WITH LARGE, PALM-LIKE LEAVES COMING OUT OF THE TOP HAVE LARGE SEEDS IN THE FORM OF CONES GROW SLOWLY GROW IN TROPICAL, SUBTROPICAL AND TEMPERATE REGIONS

KINGDOM PLANTAE DIVISION GINKOPHYTA – GINKO TREES

KINGDOM PLANTAE CONE BEARING PLANTS

KINGDOM PLANTAE FLOWERING PLANTS

KINGDOM ANIMALIA SPONGES • MOST ARE MARINE BUT SOME LIVE IN FRESHWATER • MULTICELLULAR, WITH FEW TISSUES AND NO ORGAN • HAVE PORES AND CHOANOCYTES TO MOVE WATER THROUGH THE PORES • SEXUAL OR ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION • MAY CONTAIN HARMFUL TOXINS TO WARD OFF PREDATORS

KINGDOM ANIMALIA JELLYFISH, HYDRA, SEA ANEMONES, CORALS • HAVE NEMATOCYSTS {STINGING CELLS} THAT EJECT BARBED THREADS TIPPED WITH POISON • THOUSANDS OF MARINE SPECIES SOME ARE FOUND IN RIVERS AND FRESH WATER LAKES

KINGDOM ANIMALIA FLATWORMS HAVE A CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTAINS A BRAIN AND NERVE CELLS. HAVE NO INTERNAL CAVITY

KINGDOM ANIMALIA MOLLUSKS - SNAILS, OCTOPUS, CLAMS • AQUATIC OR TERRESTRIAL • OPEN CIRCULATORY SYSTEM • SOFT, SINGLE MAIN SECTION TO BODY

KINGDOM ANIMALIA PHYLUM NEMOTODA

KINGDOM ANIMALIA PHYLUM ANNELIDA – ROUND WORMS; EARTHWORMS, LEECHES • THREE SEGMENTED BODY PARTS • ANNELIDS HAVE A NERVOUS SYSTEM •

KINGDOM ANIMALIA PHYLUM ARTHROPODA – CRUSTATIONS, INSECTS, SPIDERS • HAVE SEGMENTED BODIES, CONTAINING OF AT LEAST A HEAD, THORAX AND ABDOMEN • SURROUNDED BY EXOSKELETON

KINGDOM ANIMALIA PHYLUM ECHINODERMATA – SEA STARS (STARFISH), BRITTLE STARS, SEA URCHINS

KINGDOM ANIMALIA PHYLUM CHORDATA – VERTEBRATES

'Phylogeny' is the evolutionary relationships among organisms

'Taxon' - group of similar and related invidividuals What taxon is most closely related to birds?