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Extant living species on Earth |
Estimates 5 to 15 million |
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How many scientifically named and descibes species |
1.5 1.8 million |
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How many fossil species are known |
250,000 |
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How many species have ever lived on earth |
We will never know, estimates are up to 2 billion |
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Linnean classification |
Carlous Linnaeus, 1707-1778 |
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Microbial life/Microbes |
Single celled or cell clustered organisms bacteria and archaeans |
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Prokaryotes |
unicellular, very small, lacking nucleus, once placed in the kingdom monera |
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Domain archaea |
Extremophile
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Domain Bacteria(Eubacteria) |
Blue Green algae
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