Principally the biological groups will be placed into major
groups only, more finely detailed classification will only be used if necessary
or appropriate (and if I can find it). It should be
noted that no preference has been given in the order of the kingdoms, they are
all equal, one is no more prominent or important than the others. For simplicity
I am using the most familiar (and therefore maybe slightly
dated?) classification organization. That is I am not using the
Dominions above the Kingdoms, nor am I going to refer to Cladistics or
phylogenetic organization methods.
KINGDOM
A Kingdom is the highest rank of classification of biological
organisms, grouping together organisms that share fundamental characteristics
such as cell structure and the means of obtaining nutrition. I
have adopted the Five Kingdom approach, as it meets the criteria most commonly
found in resource material most easily available to the general public. The
Kingdoms are also placed within Domains. There are two Domains, the Prokaryotes
and the Eukaryotes. Prokaryotes includes the Super-Kingdoms, Bacteria and
Archaea, that both make up the Kingdom of Monera. Eukaryotes is divided into
four Kingdoms, Animalia, Fungi, Plantae and Protista.
SUB-KINGDOM
A Sub-Kingdom is a grouping of more closely related organisms
based on their fundamental characteristics within their own Kingdoms.
Kingdom: Animalia
| Sub-Kingdom: Parazoa Sub-Kingdom: Mesozoa Sub-Kingdom:Metazoa
