Biota edit
Cytota (Life with cells) edit
Prokaryotes (organisms without a cell nucleus) edit
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- Domain: bacteria (unicellular microorganisms)
- Phylum: Actinobacteria
- Phylum: Aquificae
- Phylum: Chlamydiae
- Phylum: Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi
- Phylum: Chloroflexi
- Phylum: Chrysiogenetes
- Phylum: Cyanobacteria
- Phylum: Deferribacteres
- Phylum: Deinococcus-Thermus
- Phylum: Dictyoglomi
- Phylum: Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria
- Phylum: Firmicutes
- Phylum: Fusobacteria
- Phylum: Gemmatimonadetes
- Phylum: Lentisphaerae
- Phylum: Nitrospirae
- Phylum: Planctomycetes
- Phylum: Proteobacteria
- Phylum: Spirochaetes
- Phylum: Thermodesulfobacteria
- Phylum: Thermomicrobia
- Phylum: Thermotogae
- Phylum: Verrucomicrobia
- Domain: archaea (single-celled organisms lacking nuclei)
- Phylum: Crenarchaeota
- Phylum: Euryarchaeota
- Phylum: Korarchaeota
- Phylum: Nanoarchaeota
Eukaryotes (organisms with a complex cell or cells, where the genetic material is organized into a membrane-bound nucleus or nuclei) edit
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- Subregnum Eumetazoa
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- Bilateria (unranked)
- Orthonectida
- Rhombozoa
- Acoelomorpha
- Myxozoa
- Chaetognatha
- Superphylum Deuterostomia
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- Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates (3,000 species)
- Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets (30 species)
- Subphylum Vertebrata (Vertebrates - animals with backbones; 57,739 species)
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- Class Myxini or Hyperotreti (hagfish; 65 species)
- Class Conodonta (Conodonts)
- Class Hyperoartia (Lampreys)
- Class Cephalaspidomorphi (Paleozoic jawless fish)
- Class Pteraspidomorphi (Paleozoic jawless fish)
- Infraphylum Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
- Class Placodermi (Paleozoic armoured forms)
- Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish; 300+ species)
- Class Acanthodii (Paleozoic "spiny sharks")
- Superclass Osteichthyes (bony fishes; 30,000+ species)
- Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish; about 30,000 species)
- Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish)
- Superclass Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates; 18,000+ species)
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- Class Sauropsida - (reptiles; 8,225+ species)
- Class Aves (birds; 8,800-10,000 species)
- Class Synapsida (mammal-like "reptiles"; 4,500+ species)
- Class Mammalia (mammals; 5,800 species)
- Subclass Allotheria
- Order Docodonta
- Order Multituberculata
- Order Palaeoryctoides
- Order Triconodonta
- Order Volaticotheria
- Subclass Prototheria
- Order Monotremata
- Subclass Theria
- Infraclass Trituberculata
- Infraclass Metatheria
- Infraclass Eutheria
- Magnorder Xenarthra
- Magnorder Epitheria
- Superorder Afrotheria
- Afrosoricida (Tenrecs, etc.)
- Hyracoidea (Hyraxes)
- Macroscelidea (Elephant Shrews)
- Proboscidea (Elephants)
- Sirenia (Manatees, Dugongs)
- Tubulidentata (Aardvarks)
- Superorder Euarchontoglires
- Dermoptera (Colugos)
- Lagomorpha (Rabbits, etc.)
- Primates
- Suborder Strepsirrhini: non-tarsier prosimians
- Infraorder Lemuriformes
- Superfamily Cheirogaleoidea
- Family Cheirogaleidae: dwarf lemurs and mouse-lemurs (30 species)
- Superfamily Lemuroidea
- Family Lemuridae: lemurs (19 species)
- Family Lepilemuridae: sportive lemurs (22 species)
- Family Indriidae: woolly lemurs and allies (14 species)
- Infraorder Chiromyiformes
- Family Daubentoniidae: Aye-aye (1 species)
- Infraorder Lorisiformes
- Suborder Haplorrhini: tarsiers, monkeys and apes
- Infraorder Tarsiiformes
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- Family Tarsiidae: tarsiers (8 species)
- Infraorder Simiiformes
- Parvorder Platyrrhini: New World monkeys
- Family Cebidae: marmosets, tamarins, capuchins and squirrel monkeys (56 species)
- Family Aotidae: night or owl monkeys (douroucoulis) (7 species)
- Family Pitheciidae: titis, sakis and uakaris (41 species)
- Family Atelidae: howler, spider and woolly monkeys (24 species)
- Parvorder Catarrhini
- Superfamily Cercopithecoidea
- Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys (135 species)
- Superfamily Hominoidea
- Family Hylobatidae: gibbons or "lesser apes" (13 species)
- Family Hominidae: humans and other great apes (7 species)
- Subfamily Ponginae
- Genus Pongo
- Subfamily Homininae
- Tribe Gorillini
- Genus Gorilla
- Tribe Hominini
- Subtribe Panina
- Subtribe Hominina
- Genus Homo
- Species Homo sapiens sapiens Humans
- Genus Paranthropus
- Genus Australopithecus
- Genus Sahelanthropus
- Genus Orrorin
- Genus Ardipithecus
- Genus Kenyanthropus
- Subfamily Ponginae
- Genus Gigantopithecus
- Genus Sivapithecus
- Genus Lufengpithecus
- Genus Ankarapithecus
- Genus Ouranopithecus
- Family Oreopithecidae
- Genus Oreopithecus
- Rodentia (Rodents)
- Scandentia (Treeshrews)
- Superorder Laurasiatheria
- Carnivora (Carnivorans)
- Cetartiodactyla (Even-Toed Ungulates and Whales)
- Chiroptera (Bats)
- Erinaceomorpha (Hedgehogs, etc.)
- Pholidota (Scaly Anteaters)
- Soricomorpha (Moles, Shrews)
- Perissodactyla (Horses, Rhinoceroses and Tapirs)
- Superphylum Ecdysozoa
- Superphylum Platyzoa
- Superphylum Lophotrochozoa
- Sipuncula
- Hyolitha
- Nemertea
- Phoronida
- Ectoprocta
- Bryozoa
- Entoprocta
- Brachiopoda
- Phylum: Mollusca (112,000 species)
- Class: Aplacophora (28 families, ~320 species)
- Sub-class: Caudofoveata [Chaetodermomorpha] (70 known species)
- Family: Chaetodermatidae
- Family: Limifossoridae
- Family: Prochaetodermatidae
- Family: Falcidentidae
- Family: Metachaetodermatidae
- Family: Scutopidae
- Sub-class: Neomeniomorpha [Solenogastres]
- Family: Acanthomeniidae
- Family: Amphimeniidae
- Family: Dondersiidae
- Family: Drepanomeniidae
- Family: Epimeniidae
- Family: Gymnomeniidae
- Family: Hemimeniidae
- Family: Heteroherpiidae
- Family: Imeroherpiidae
- Family: Lepidomeniidae
- Family: Macellomeniidae
- Family: Meiomeniidae
- Family: Neomeniidae
- Family: Perimeniidae
- Family: Phyllomeniidae
- Family: Proneomeniidae
- Family: Rhipidoherpiidae
- Family: Rhopalomeniidae
- Family: Sandalomeniidae
- Family: Simrothiellidae
- Family: Strophomeniidae
- Family: Syngenoherpiidae
- Class: Polyplacophora [Chitons] (900-1,000 extant species)
- Class: Monoplacophora (11 living species)
- Order: Cyrtonellida
- Order: Tryblidiida
- Order: Pelagiellida
- Class: Bivalvia (30,000 species)
- Class: Scaphopoda (350 species)
- Class: Gastropoda (60,000-150,000 species)
- Sub-class: Eogastropoda
- Sub-class: Orthogastropoda
- Order: Patellogastropoda
- Order: Euomphalina
- Order: Neomphalida
- Class: Cephalopoda (~786 distinct living species)
- Sub-class: Nautiloidea (2,500 species known)
- Sub-class: Ammonoidea
- Sub-class: Coleoidea
- Division: Belemnoidea
- Order: Aulacocerida
- Order: Belemnitida
- Order: Hematitida
- Order: Phragmoteuthida
- Division: Neocoleoidea
- Order: Boletzkyida
- Order: Sepiida [Cuttlefish] (120+ species)
- Order: Sepiolida [Bobtail squid]
- Genus: Idiosepius (~8 species)
- Genus: Sepiolidae (15 genera in three or four subfamilies)
- Order: Spirulida
- Order: Teuthida [Squid] (298 classified species in 28 families)
- Order: Octopoda (289 species)
- Order: Vampyromorphida
- Class: Rostroconchia (1,000+ species)
- Class: Helcionelloida
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Green algae
- Embryophyte (land plants)
- Kingdom: Protista
- Chromalveolata
- Cabozoa (unranked)
- Archaeplastida
- Amoebozoa
- Choanozoa
Acytota (Life without cells) edit
- 80 families
- ~4,000 species