Friday, May 7, 2010

Diversity of life (Very technical)

Amazing how great the capacity of our memories are, the main limitation lies with transfer speed.

-Commencing memory dump-

Kingdom Plantae: Bryophytes, Tracheophytes, Gymnosperms, Angiosperms..


Under Bryophytes, Bryophyta, Hepatophyta, Anthercerophyta

Under Tracheophytes, Pteridophyta and Lycophyta
Under Lycophyta, Lycopodium and Selaginella

Under Gymnospermae, Pinophyta, Cycadophyta, Ginkgophyta, Gnetophyta

Kingdom Animalia: Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Mollusca, Annelida, Athropoda, Echinodermata, Chordata

Phylum Porifera: Class Calcarea, Demospongiae and Hexactinellida

Phylum Cnidaria: Class Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Anthozoa

Phylum Platyhelminthes: Turbulleria, Trematoda, Cestoda

Cestoda: Beef Tapeworm: Taenia Saginata, Pork Tapeworm: Taenia Solium

Phylum Nematoda: Necator Americanus (Guinea worm)

Phylum Mollusca: Monoplacophora, Polyplacophora, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda

Phylum Annelida: Polychaeta, Oligochaeta, Hirudinea

Phylum Arthropoda: Subphylum Chelicerata, Myriapoda, Hexapoda, Crustacea

Chelicerata: Class Horsehoe crab: Meristomata, Class Arachnida

Myriapoda: Class Chilopoda and Class Diplopoda

Hexapoda: Class Insecta

Subclass Apterygota (wingless insects) and Subclass pterygota(winged insects)

Apterygota: Thysanura (Bristle tails and silverfish) and Collembola (springtails)

Pterygota: Coeloptera (beetles), Hemiptera (Bugs), Hymenaptera (Ants, bees, wasps), Isoptera (termites), Diptera (flies)

Phylum Echinodermata: Asteroidia, Ophiuroidea, Crinoidea, Echinoidea, Concetricycloidea, Holothuroidea

Phylum Chordata: Urochordata, cephalachordata

Superclass Agnatha: Myxini (hagfish) and Petromyzontida (Lampreys)

Superclass Gnathostomata: Class Chondrichytes(cartilaginous fish): subclass Elasmobrachii (sharks and rays), subclass Holocephali(Chimeras)

Osteichytes: Actinopterygii (Ray finned fishes) and Sarcopterygii (lobed finned fishes)

Class Amphibia: Anuran(frogs), Apoda (Caecilians), Caudata (Salamanders)

Class Reptilia: Subclass Anapsida: Testudines. Subclass Diapsida: Order Squamata: suborder Serpentes and suborder Lacertilia (lizards), order sphendonta(tuatara), order crocodilia

Class Aves: Superorder Paleognathae(flightless birds), Neognathae (other birds)

Class Mammalia: Subclass Prototheria (egg-layers), subclass theria: Infraclass Metatheria (Marsupials), Infraclass Eutheria (Placentals)

Eutheria: Order Probocis, Cestacae, Chiroptera, Primates, Rodentia, Largomorpha, Insectivora, Perrisodactyla, Artiodactyla

Of all these, the exam paper only required us to memorize 'Metatheria'. I could get all the names alright, but as for morphology, functions, applications...etc...

I'll pass.

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