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etc. 6. How would you define the “taxonomic hierarchy”? Taxonomic hierarchy is the systematic classification of different species. This is done using the taxonomic rank from most inclusive to most exclusive. In order they are domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and…

American Alligators Scientific Classification Kingdom – Animalia Phylum - Chordata Sub-Phylum – Vertebrata Class – Reptilia Order – Crocodylia Family – Alligatoridae Genus – Alligator Species – A. mississippiensis Scientifically named as A. mississippiensis is at the top of the food chain as no other animal preys upon them except armed humans. They inhabit in fresh water swamps, marshes, river, lakes and canals. Can be found throughout the southeastern United States from the coastal…

Comparing the Intrinsic Similarities and Characteristic Differences in Arthropods and Mollusks. Coastal regions possess a unique characteristics in which all plant and life forms have to adapt in order to be able to survive in such regions. One major characteristic of these regions is due to the constant wave motion of the seas in coastal regions. Hence, life forms such as Arthropods and Mollusks, predominant life forms present in these coastal regions, adapt and specialize to be able to thrive…

There are numerous differences between flatworms, roundworms, and segmented worms, both externally and internally. Flatworms is part of the phylum named Platyhelminthes, that is part of kingdom Animalia. They are usually soft and flat, and they also have internal organ systems and tissues. Flatworms are the simplest organisms that have three embryonic germ layers, are bilaterally symmetrical, and have the feature of cephalization. Cephalization is the concentration of sensory organs and some…

ways and will explain the different aspects of dogs evolutionary process, as well as their biodiversity in their environment. To begin, dogs are in the phylum Chordata, and the class Mammalia. Within the phylum group Chordata is all humans and animals with a backbone. There are four main distinguishing features of the animals in the Chordata phylum: A dorsal, hollow nerve cord, a notochord and pharyngeal gill slits both at some time during development, and a muscular post-anal tail. The nerve…

Classification Levels of the Chesapeake Blue Crab Characteristics of Invertebrates in the Class Malacostraca Scientific Name: Callinectes sapidus Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Sub-Phylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Family: Portunidae Genus: Callinectes Species: Sapidus Habitat of the Chesapeake Blue Crab The Blue Crab lives in several different locations. A few of these locations are the…

groups depending on the characteristics of the species, this is called taxonomy. Invented by the Swedish scientist, Carolus Linnaes, the taxonomy system simplifies organism classification by ordering the species into seven major categories: Kingdom, Phylum , Class , Order , Family , Genus , and Species (Meier, Shiyang, Vaidya, & Ng, 2006). However, what if the species is unknown and we cannot classify such species into a certain category? A practice to identify the species is by DNA barcoding.…

The nature and environment in the poem “Carnivorous Sponges of the Antarctic Ocean” by Sarah Lindsay make a statement about the errors of society and the remedies. This is not the first time Ms. Lindsay has used her Bachelor’s of Art in English and Creative Writing to utilize the metaphors of animals in her poem to tell an idea. In her poems “Tell the bees” and “The Thai Elephant Orchestra” Sarah did the same. Sarah Lindsay use Carnivorous sponges to define what the meaning of life is. Sarah…

for denitrification in the sponge Geodia barrette. (Webster and Taylor, 2012). Additionally, a pure culture of an ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) in the phylum Crenarchaeota was isolated from a sponge. This culture confirmed predictions of chemoautotrophic ammonia oxidation by archaea from earlier genomic studies (Steger et al., 2008). This phylum is commonly associated with marine sponges. Marine sponges display nitrification, but the accumulation of ammonia as a metabolic waste negatively…

how each organism obtains oxygen and distributes it therefore throughout the body, the processes of their digestive and nervous system, and lastly how each organism reproduces and the pros and cons of their methods. Starfish are classified among the phylum Echinodermata and are an invertebrate with radial symmetry and an internal skeleton with hard external spines. They have five arms, their…