Question

Classification question:

1. What features make up the following categories?

2. List common examples of the following.

Bacteria

• Cyanobacteria

Protists

• Excavata

• SAR

• Archeaplastida

• Unikonta

Fungi

• Zygomycetes

• Ascomycetes

• Basidiomycetes

Invertebrates

• Porifera

• Cnidarians

Lophotrochozoans

• Flatworms

• Rotifers

• Ectoprocts

• Brachiopods

Molluscs

• Chitons

• Gastropods

• Cephalopods

• Bivalvia

Annelids

• Errantia

• Sedentarians

Ecdysozoans

• Nematodes

Arthropods

• Chelicerates

• Myriapods

Pancrustaceans

• Hexapoda

• Crustaceans

Deuterostomes

• Echinoderms

• Cephalochordates

• Tunicates

Vertebrates

• Cyclostomes

• Chondrichthyans

• Actinopterygii

• Sarcopterygii

Also:

1. Where would caterpillars fall in these categories? Are they myriapods?

2. Which category are corals and sea anemones?

3. How about fish?

4. Snails?

5. turtles?

6. shrimp?

Answer 1

1. Main feature of classification is prokaryotic or eukaryotic. Unicellular or multicellular organism. Size of organism, shape of organism, mode of nutrition, habit and habitat that is where should they occur, cell wall that is simple or complex, also their host in case of parasite such thing or characteristic feature make help in classification.

1. Caterpillars are insect found in arthropods category and they are not myriapods they are lepidoptera.

2. Corals and sea anemones are found in cnidaria class anthozoa.

3. Fish having chordates hence they are comes under chordata.

4. Snails found in mollusc category they are gastropods.

5. Turtles found in chordata in class reptilia.

6. Shrimps found in crustacean category.