Kingdoms and Domains: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on EarthAcademic Press, 19 mars 2009 - 732 sidor Now published by Academic Press and revised from the author's previous Five Kingdoms Third edition, this extraordinary, all inclusive catalogue of the world’s living organisms describes the diversity of the major groups, or phyla, of nature’s most inclusive taxa. Developed after consultation with specialists, this modern classification scheme is consistent both with the fossil record and with recent molecular, morphological and metabolic data. Generously illustrated, now in full color, Kingdoms and Domains is remarkably easy to read. It accesses the full range of life forms that still inhabit our planet and logically and explicitly classifies them according to their evolutionary relationships. Definitive characteristics of each phylum are professionally described in ways that, unlike most scientific literature, profoundly respect the needs of educators, students and nature lovers. This work is meant to be of interest to all evolutionists as well as to conservationists, ecologists, genomicists, geographers, microbiologists, museum curators, oceanographers, paleontologists and especially nature lovers whether artists, gardeners or environmental activists. Kingdoms and Domains is a unique and indispensable reference for anyone intrigued by a planetary phenomenon: the spectacular diversity of life, both microscopic and macroscopic, as we know it only on Earth today.
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adult amebas animals annelids Apicomplexa axoneme bacteria biology body carbon cavity cell wall Chlorophyta chromosomes ciliates Ciliophora coelom contain Courtesy cyanobacteria cycle cysts cytoplasm develop diatoms dinomastigotes diploid division Ecological term referring eggs embryo eukaryotes example Family in phylum female fertilization Figure filaments fission fossil free-living freshwater fungi gametes gametophyte genera genes genus growth habitats haploid heterotrophic host hyphae kinetid kinetosome kingdom lack larvae layer lichens living male Margulis marine mastigotes meiosis membrane metabolism microtubules mitosis mitotic molecular morphological mosses motile multicellular nuclei ophyta Pr-18 Order in phylum organelles organisms oxygen Phaeophyta photosynthetic phototrophic phyla phylum Actinopoda Pr-31 phylum Bacillari phylum Ciliophora Pr-6 phylum Foramenif phylum Foramenifera Pr-3 phyta plants plastids produce prokaryotes protein protoctists reproductive ribosomes sexual slime species sperm sporangium spores sporophyte stage structure surface symbiotic symbiotrophs tentacles thallus tissue tube undulipodia ventral worms zoospores zygote