Biology Kingdom: Fungi, Plantae and Animalia Essay

Kingdom: Fungi

• Claviceps purpurea. Phylum: Ascomycota. Class: Sordariomycetes. Commonly known as ergot, claviceps purpurea grows on rye ears, related cereal and fodder plants (“Claviceps purpurea”, n.d.).
• Rhizopus stolonifera. Phylum: Zygomycota. Class: Zygomycetes. Rhizopus stolonifera is commonly known as black bread mold, it is one of the most frequently occurring fungi in the world, more often found in tropical and subtropical regions (“Rhizopus stolonifera”, n.d.).
• Agaricus bisporus. Phylum: Basidiomycota. Class: Agaricomycetes. Commonly known as champignon, an edible basidiomycete mushroom with two color states, cultivated in more than seventy countries in Europe and North America (“Agaricus bisporus”, n.d.).

Kingdom: Plantae

• Selaginella. Phylum: Class: Lycophytes. Lycopodiopsida. Selaginella has scaly leaves and spores of two types. It is often included in the group of allies of the fern and are found mainly in tropical regions (“Selaginella”, n.d.).
• Pine. Phylum: Coniferophyta. Class: Pinopsida. It belongs to the largest family of conifers, recognizing 818 named varieties, is widespread in the Northern hemisphere, and is widely used as lumber (“Pine”, n.d.).
• Donatia. Phylum: Anthophyta. Class: Dicotyledonous. The plant is distinguished by free stamens, petals, and paracytic stomata (“Donatia”, n.d.).

Kingdom: Animalia

• Spongilla lacustris. Phylum: Porifera. Class: Demospongiae. The freshwater sponge, which lives in rivers, and lakes and often grows under logs or stones, is widespread throughout the world, especially in Britain. It can reproduce asexually along with sexually (“Spongilla lacustris”, n.d.).
• Jellyfish. Phylum: Cnidaria. Class: Scyphozoa. Free-swimming marine animals with a complex life cycle are found all over the world. They have dangling stinging tentacles used to capture prey (“Jellyfish”, n.d.).
• Ovalipes ocellatus. Phylum: Arthropoda. Class: Crustacea. Widely known as lady crab, ovalipes ocellatus lives in particularly large numbers in the eastern part of North America. It feeds mainly on mollusks and has a wide shell of yellow-gray or purple color for protection from attacks (“Ovalipes ocellatus”, n.d.).
• Butterfly. Phylum: Arthropoda. Class: Insecta. Butterflies have large, often brightly colored wings and a distinctive fluttering flight. The life cycle includes four stages, with the living of complete metamorphosis. They are often polymorphic and use camouflage to protect themselves from enemies (“Butterfly”, n.d.).

References

Agaricus bisporus. (n.d.). Wikipedia.

Butterfly. (n.d.). Wikipedia.

Claviceps purpurea. (n.d.). Wikipedia.

Donatia. (n.d.). Wikipedia.

Jellyfish. (n.d.). Wikipedia.

Ovalipes ocellatus. (n.d.). Wikipedia.

Pine. (n.d.). Wikipedia.

Rhizopus stolonifer. (n.d.). Wikipedia.

Selaginella. (n.d.). Wikipedia.

Spongilla lacustris. (n.d.). Wikipedia.