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)