BIOLOGY TAXONOMY LIST

KINGDOM:  MONERA
(single celled PROKARYOTES: chemo, hetero & phototrophic)

PHYLUM: ARCHAEBACTERIA (Methanogens, halophiles and thermoacidophiles: generally anaerobic)
PHYLUM: HETEROTROPHIC EUBACTERIA (mostly aerobic bacteria)
PHYLUM: CHEMOTROPHIC EUBACTERIA (use H2S)
PHYLUM: PHOTOTROPHIC EUBACTERIA (Cyanobacteria: blue-green “algae”)

KINGDOM:  PROTISTA
(single-celled Eukaryotes, some w/ cell walls:   hetero & phototrophic)

PHYLUM:  PYRROPHYTA (dinoflagellates, phototrophic)
PHYLUM:  CHRYSOPHYTA (diatoms + relatives, phototrophic)
PHYLUM:  EUGLENOPHYTA (euglenoids, phototrophic/heterotrophic)
PHYLUM:  SARCODINA (amoeba-like protists, all heterotrophic)
 CLASS:  AMOEBA (amoebas)
 CLASS:  FORAMINIFERA (foraminiferans)
 CLASS:  RADIOLARIA (radiolarians)
PHYLUM:  CILIOPHORA (ciliated protists, heterotrophic)
PHYLUM:  SPOROZOA (parasitic sporozoans)
DIVISION: ACRASIOMYCOTA (slime molds w/c ell walls, saprobic)
DIVISION:  MYXOMYCOTA (slime molds w/ many nuclei, no cell walls between, saprobic)

KINGDOM:  FUNGI
(single & multicelled Eukaryotes, cell walls w/ chitin: saprobic)

DIVISION:  ZYGOMYCOTA (simple fungi, black bread molds)
DIVISION:  ASCOMYCOTA (cup fungi, yeasts, powdery mildews)
DIVISION:  BASIDIOMYCOTA (cap fungi, mushrooms)
DIVISION:  DEUTEROMYCOTA (“imperfect” fungi: penicillium)

KINGDOM:  PLANTAE
(single-celled, filamentous, colonial & multi-cellular Eukaryotes, cell walls w/ cellulose:  phototrophic)

DIVISION:  CHLOROPHYTA (green algae)
DIVISION:  PHAEOPHYTA  (brown algae)
DIVISION:  RHODOPHYTA  (red algae)
DIVISION:  BRYOPHYTA (mosses, liverworts)
DIVISION:  PSILOPHYTA (whisk ferns)
DIVISION:  LYCOPHYTA (club "mosses")
DIVISION:  SPHENOPHYTA (horsetails)

KINGDOM:  PLANTAE (continued)

DIVISION:  PTEROPHYTA (ferns)
DIVISION:  CYCADOPHYTA (cycads)
DIVISION:  GINKOPHYTA (ginko trees)
DIVISION:  CONIFEROPHYTA (conifers, pine trees)
DIVISION:  ANTHOPHYTA  (flowering plants)
 CLASS:  MONOCOTYLEDONS (have one embryonic leaf)
 CLASS:  DICOTYLEDONS (have two embryonic leaves)

KINGDOM:  ANIMALIA
(multicellular Eukaryotes w/ no cell walls: heterotrophic)

PHYLUM:  PORIFERA (sponges)
PHYLUM:  CNIDARIA (jellyfish, corals,anemones, all w/ stinging cells)
PHYLUM:  CTENOPHORA (comb jellies)
PHYLUM:  PLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms)
PHYLUM:  NEMATODA (round worms)
PHYLUM:  ANNELIDA (segmented worms)
PHYLUM:  MOLLUSCA (shelled animals)
 CLASS:  POLYPLACOPHORA (chitons)
 CLASS:  GASTROPODA (snails, seashells, nudibranchs)
 CLASS:  BIVALVIA (clams, oysters, scallops)
 CLASS:  CEPHALOPODA (octopuses, squid, cuttlefish, nautiluses)
PHYLUM:  ARTHROPODA ("jointed feet")
       SUBPHYLUM: CHELICERATA: (spiders, scorpions, mites)
       SUBPHYLUM:  CRUSTACEA: ("crusty"; crabs, shrimp, lobsters)
       SUBPHYLUM: UNIRAMI (millipedes, centipedes and insects)
   CLASS:  INSECTA (insects)
PHYLUM:  ECHINODERMATA ("spiny-skinned"; seastars, sea urchins, etc.)
PHYLUM:  CHORDATA ("with a notochord")
 SUBPHYLUM:   UROCHORDATA (sea squirts, tunicates, salps)
 SUBPHYLUM:   VERTEBRATA (has a true vertebral column)
  CLASS:  AGNATHA (jawless fish)
          CLASS:  CHONDRICHTHYES (cartilogenous fish: sharks, rays)
          CLASS:  OSTEICHTHYES (bony fish)
          CLASS:  AMPHIBIA (amphibians: frogs, salamanders)
          CLASS:  REPTILIA (snakes, turtles, alligators & crocodiles, lizards, dinosaurs, tuataras)
          CLASS:  AVES (sea birds, shore birds)
          CLASS:  MAMMALIA ("feeds with milk")
                   SUBCLASS: PROTHERIA (MONOTREMES: egg-laying mammals; platypus)
                   SUBCLASS: METATHERIA  (MARSUPIALS:  pouched mammals; kangaroos, koalas)
                   SUBCLASS: EUTHERIA  (PLACENTALS:  placentala-bearing; humans, mice, horse)