Common Ancestor
(has DNA, ester bonds)
Bacteria
-Peptidoglycan
Common ancestor of Eukarya and Archaea
- has Histones
Eukarya
-have nucleus & organelles
Common Ancestor
Excavata
-feeding groove
-secondary plastids
Euglenoids
SAR
Common Ancestor
-secondary plastids
Stramenopila
-tripartite flagellar hair
Giant Kelp
Diatoms
Alveolates
-or tertiary plastids
-membranous vesivles on cell membrane
Dinflagellate
Rhizaria
-filose pseudopodia
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Radiolorans
Foramnifera
Unikonta
Amoebozoa
-pseudopodia that extend like tubes
Slime Molds
Opisthokonta
-single posterior flagellum
Common ancestor of Animals and Choanoflagellates
-mobility
-gametic life cycle
-complex organ systems
-multicellular
Common Ancestor of Animals and Choanoflagellates
Profiera
Giant Barrel Sponge
Eumetazoa
-has tissues
Cnidaria
-radial symmetry
-diploblasty
Anthozoa
-only polyps
Elkhorn Coral
Common Ancestor
Hydrozoa
-alternate between polyp and medusa
Pennaria disticha
Scyphozoa
-produce a medusa
Moon Jelly
Bilateria
-bilateral symmetry
-triploblasty
Deuterostomia
-radial and intermediate cleavage
-blastopore becomes anus
Chordata
-notochord
-hollow dorsal nerve
-post-anal tail
-pharyngeal slits
Cephalochordata
-lancelets
Branchiostoma lanceolatum
Common Ancestor
Urochordata
-tunicates
Sea Squirt
Common Ancestor
-vertebrae
-cranium
-cartilaginous skeleton
Agnathans
-cartilaginous skeleton
Pacific Hagfish
Common Ancestor of Chondrichthyes
-jaws
Chondrichthyes
Great White Shark
Common Ancestor
-lungs/lung derivatives
-bony skeleton
Ray-Finned Fishes
Blue Tang
Common Ancestor
-lobed fins
Lobe-Finned Fishes
Coelacanth
Leopard Lung Fish
Common Ancestor
-limbs with digits
Amphibia
Red-Eyed Tree Frog
Common Ancestor of Reptilia and Mammalia
-amniotic egg
-endothermy
Reptilia
Green Sea Turtle
Green anole
American Alligator
Roseate Spoonbill
Mammalia
-milk
-hair
American Black Bear
Common Ancestor
Echinodermata
-water vascular system
Common Ancestor of Asteroidea and Ophiurodea
Asteroidea
-arms with tube feet that resemble suction cups
Giant Sea Star
Ophiurodea
-flexible arms
Serpent Star
Common Ancestor of Echinoidea and Holothuroidea
Echinoidea
-no arms
Purple Sea Urchin
Holothuroidea
-lack spines
California Sea Cucumber
Protostomia
-spiral and determinate cleavage
-blastopore becomes mouth
-cephalization
Lophotrochozoa
-trochophore or lophophore
Annelida
-body resembles fused rings
Common Earthworm
Platyhelminthes
-flatworms
-acoelomates
Rabditophorans
Cestoda
-parasites
Pork Tapeworm
Trematoda
-parasites
Sheep Liver Fluke
Free Living Rhabditophorans
Pseudobiceros sp.
Mollusca
-mantle
-foot
-visceral mass
Gastropoda
-cilia
Golden Apple Snail
Cephalopoda
-no hard shell
Humboldt Squid
Bivalvia
-divided into two halves
Soft Shell Clam
Ecdysozoa
-ecdysis
-cuticle
Nematoda
Roundworm
Arthropoda
-Ubx and abd-A Hox genes
Chelicerata
-presence of chelicerae
Southern Black Widow
Common Ancestor
Crustacea
Chesapeake Blue Crab
Hexapoda
Monarch Butterfly
Choanoflagellates
Fungi
-absorptive heterotrophy
-chitin cell wall
-zygotic life cycle
-multicellular
Fly Agaric
Nucleariids
Archaeplastida
-primary plastids
Rhodophytes
Chlorophytes
Common Ancestor of Chlorophytes, Charophytes, and Land Plants
Charophytes
Braun's Stonewort
Common Ancestor of Charophytes and Land Plants
Land Plants
-sporic life cycle
-embryos
-apocal meristems
-gametangia
-sporangia
-dessication-resistant spores
Liverworts
Common Livewort
Common Ancestor
Mosses
Wooly Feather Moss
Common Ancestor
Hornworts
Field Hornwort
Common Ancestor of Seedless Vascular Plants
-lignin
-xylem and phloem
-leaves
-dominant sporophyte generation
-thick waxy cuticle
-stomata
Lycophytes
Fan Clubmoss
Common Ancestor of Monilophytes, Gymnosperms, and Angiosperms
-megaphylls
Monilophytes
Eastern Marsh Fern
Angiosperms
-flowers
-fruit
-ovules
-ovaries
-seed
-pollen
Southern Magnolia
White Water Lily
Gymnosperms
-endosperm
-heterospory
-wood
-pollen
Scots Pine
Bald Cypress
Archaea
-Ether linkage