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Classification
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Kingdoms
The first division of living things in the classification system is to put them into one of five kingdoms. The five kingdoms are:
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fungi (moulds, mushrooms, yeast)
protists (Amoeba, Chlorella and Plasmodium)
prokaryotes (bacteria, blue-green algae)
Class
Class is an additional sub-division, which for example, results in the Chordata phylum being divided into:
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Genus
Genus, the Felidae family can be further sub-divided into four genus examples:
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Phylum
Phylum follows Kingdom and has many different organisms, including three examples from the Animal Kingdom below:
chordata, which have backbones
arthropod, which have jointed legs and an exoskeleton
annelids, which are segmented worms
Order
Order follows class and as an example, mammals can be further sub-divided into a variety of different groups such as:
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Species
Species is the final classification stage, and the genus panthera can be divided into:
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The three domain system
Archea
These cells usually live in extreme environments. They have no nucleus and have unused sections of genes.
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Living organisms are classified into groups depending on their structure and characteristics. This system was developed in the eighteenth century by Carl Linnaeus. The classification of species allows the subdivision of living organisms into smaller and more specialised groups.