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fruit fly. Going by multiple aliases such as the cherry fruit fly or the cherry vinegar fly, the SWD has made a rather unattractive name for itself. The Spotted Wing Drosophila’s Taxonomic Tree is as follows: Domain: Eukaryota, Kingdom: Metazoa, Phylum: Arthropoda, Subphylum: Uniramia, Class: Insect, Order: Diptera, Family: Drosophilidae, Genus: Drosophila, and Specieis: Drosophila suzukii. Lifecycle of the SWD is highly affected by the climate and weather. D. suzukii develops through three…

The giant panda, also known as panda bear is a bear that is native to south central China. The scientific classification of the giant panda is that it originates from the kingdom: Animalia, phylum: Chordata, class: Mammalia, family: Ursidae, genus: Ailuropoda, and species: A. melanoleuca3. The giant panda has been added to the endangered species list in 2007. Conservation needs to be done by humans to prevent damage to the world that humans have caused. Without conservation, our lives will…

Many things influenced the way that the modern wolf looks, functions, and behaves. Over the years this animal has adapted, evolved, and learned to fit its environment. Wolves are animals similar to what we know today as the domestic dog. They travel in packs, live for six to eight years in the wild, and are currently an endangered species (National Geographic). Natural selection has picked the wolves that live in the wild today based on which are the most fit to their environment, leaving the…

EA & JB 2 Identifying Neisseria sicca INTRODUCTION Bacteria are microorganisms constituting a large domain of prokaryote. They are typically a few micrometers in length and have a number of shapes ranging from spirals to rods and spheres. Bacteria are known to be among the first forms of life to appear on Earth, and are present in almost all habitats. They inhabit water, soil, radioactive waste, acidic hot springs, and Earth’s crust…

Introduction Movement speed of Stentor is dependent upon the temperature of water in the environment surrounding Stentor. Stentor is a member of the Phylum Ciliophora. Stentor are ciliate unicellular protozoa which is one the largest singled celled organisms (Webb, 2007) Stentor are found in waters that are calm usually near the surface on different plants (Webb, 2007). Stentor use cilia to consume food and movement. Stentor are ectothermic organisms, which means that Stentor body temperature…

groups of organs for function. Dolphins can take part in many complex movements and they are very active. Most of the dolphins are diploid. That means that there are two sets of chromosomes; one from the mother and one from the father. Dolphin’s phylum is Chordata. Spinner dolphins possess a notochord at some time…

The hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), also known as the stinkbird, or Canje pheasant, is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riparian forests, and mangroves of the Amazon and the Orinoco Delta in South America. It is notable for having chicks that possess claws on two of their wing digits. It is the only member of the genus Opisthocomus (Ancient Greek: "wearing long hair behind", referring to its large crest) which in turn is the only extant genus in the family Opisthocomidae. The taxonomic…

The animal classification of the siamese cat if from the kingdom of animalia, the phylum of chordata, class of mammalia, the order of Carnivora, belonging to the family of felidae, genus of the felis, and it’s species is domesticus. There a lot of history to the siamese cat which started from russia in the late 1700’s the first cat of…

and Papua New Guinea. Generally they are found in tropical to temperate latitudes. In the deep ocean they enjoy wide open spaces. Scientifically they are classified in the kingdom of animalia which is where all animals are put. Then they are the phylum of mollusca. The class of cephalopoda which also consists of squids, octopi, etc. Order is octopoda. In the family of opisthoteuthidae with umbrella octopi. Their genus is grimpoteuthis and they are species…

Just like pores on human skin which absorb elements of the world around us, the holes all over the sponge’s body as essentially pores as well. The function of the holes all over the sponge’s body is to allow water to be absorbed into the sponge’s body. Through the absorption of water, the sponge also absorbs food and oxygen to ensure survival. There is no one set type of symmetry for sponges. Therefore, not all sponges have the same type of symmetry. Sponges can range from asymmetrical to…