Six Kingdoms of Life Forms
Kingdom Examples Characteristics
Monera - Eubacteria Eubacteria Prokaryotic. Many groups, many not yet characterizaed
Monera - Archaebacteria Archaebacteria Anaerobic prokaryotes. Three main groups:  Methanogens
                                                                    Thermoacidophiles
                                                                     Extreme Halophiles
Protista Protozoa

Diatoms

Slime Molds

 Single-celled Eukaryotes
Fungi   Multi-celled Eukaryotes
Plantae Algae

Bryophytes

Vascular Plants

 Autotrophic multi-celled organisms
Animalia
Sub-Kingdom Parazoa
       Porifera

 Sponges - cell colonies with less specialization

Sub-kingdom Metazoa

Lower Metazoa (unsegmented and acoelomate; formerly classes of phylum Aschelminthes): 		Heterotrophic multi-celled organisms
Higher Metazoa (segmented and coelomate):

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