Universal Ancestor
Archea/Eukarya
Eukarya
- Presence of membrane bound organelles
- Presence of membrane bound nucleus
- ester bonds in cell membrane
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
- single posterior flagellum on swimming cells
Ancestor of fungi/Animals
- Multicellular
- Absorptive Heterotrophs
Animals
- Mobility
- Complex organ System
- Gametic life cycle
Porifera
Eumetazoa
Cnidaria
- Radial Symmetry
- Diploblasty
anthozoa
scyphozoa
- Large Medusa
- Cells present in Mesoglea
- More Tentacles
- More Complex
- Large Amounts of mesoglea
hydrozoa
- Small Medusa
- Low amount of mesoglea
- Less tentacles
- Colonial Stage
Bilateria
- Bilateral Symmetry
- Tripoblasty
- cephalization
Deuterostomia
- Radial/Indeterminate Cleavage
- Blastopore becomes anus
Chordata
- Notochord
- Hollow Dorsal nerve cord
- Pharyngeal Slits
- Post-anal tail
vertebrata
Agnathans
Chondrichthyes
Ray finned fishes
Coelocanths
Lungfishes
Amphibia
Reptilia
Mammalia
urochordata
cephalochordata
Echinodermata
holothuroidea
- Lack of arms
- Single gonad
- sedimentery feeders
Echinoidea
- Have a Globoid shape without any arms are feature of sea urchins
asteroidea
- Freely Mobile
- tube feet for locomotion
ophiuroidea
- hairy Appearance
- spines on arms/cental disk
Protostomia
- Spiral/Determinate Cleavage
- Blastopore becomes mouth
- Cephalization
Lophotrochozoa
- Trochophore larvae
- Lophotrochozoa
Platyheiminthes
Free living Rhabditophorans
trematoda
cestoda
Mullusca/Annelida
Annelida
Mollusca
Bivalva
gastropoda
cephalopoda
- Predators that use tentacles
Ecdysozoa
Nematoda
Anthopoda
chelicerata
- Have Jaw/Venom
- Cuticle made of Chitin
Ancestor
hexapoda
crustacea
Fungi
- Cell walls
- Zygotic life cycle
Amebozoa
- movement with pseudopodia (Lobes)
Archaeplastida
- Secondary Plastid
- Diffusion through osmosis
Charophytes
Plants/Ancestral Green Algae
- Sporic Life cycle
- Embryo
- Dessication Resistant Spores
- Apical Meristems
- Gametangia
- Sporangia
Liverworts
Extinct Ancestor
Mosses
Hornworts
- Lignin
- Xylem/Phloem
- Dominant Sporophyte Generation
- Thick waxy Cuticle
- Stomata
Lychophytes
Monilophytes
Ancestor of Gymnosperm/Angiosperm
- Pollen
- Seed
- Heterospory
- wood
- Ovules
Angiosperm
- Fruit
- Flowers
- Endosperm
- Ovaries
Gymnosperm
Subtopic
SAR Clade
Alveolata/Stramenopila
Stramenopila
- Tripartile flagellar hair
Alveolata
- Membranous vesicle on cell membrane
Rhizaria
Excavata
- Feeding Groove
- Secondary Plastid
Archaea
- Ether bonds in cell membrane
Bacteria
- Presence of Peptidoglycan in cell walls
- Ester bonds in cell membrane