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Clay S. The monera has no nucleus is a single celled bacteria that lives in a variety of environments ﻿Examples of Monera in the Desert

// Pasteurella testudinis //

// Streptococcus pneumoniae // ﻿ The // Streptococcus pneumoniae // lives in horses and people. The temperature that the Monera lives in is at around 40 Degrees CelsiusThe // Streptococcus pneumoniae // is cocci shaped. Desert Protists Protists have a nucleus and organelles most single celled.Protozoans are animal like, have no cell walls, and no chlorophyll. // Trypanosoma abisramid //

Desert Algae The definition of Algae are "plant-like" objects that have a cell wall and chlorophyl.

= //Atractophora hypnoides // =

**__ Desert Fungi __** Multi-celled, no chlorophyll, absorb nutrients //**__ Dimelaena radiata __**// Ascomycota: Is sac or cup shaped Kingdom: //Fungi// Phylum: //Ascomycoda// Class: //Lecanoromycetes// Order: //Lecanorales// Family: //Physciaceae// Genus: //Dimelaena// species: //radiata//

__** ﻿ **____** Desert Fungi **__// ﻿ Caloplaca saxicola // Ascomycota: Is sac or cup shaped

Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: //Ascomycota// Class://Lecanoromycetes// Order: //Teloschistales// Family: //Teloschistaceae// Genus://Caloplaca// Species: //saxicola//

**__ Desert Fungi __**//** Coelomomyces stegomyiae **// //Zygomycota// is a thread like spore at the end of filament Kingdom: //Fungi// Phylim: //Zygomycota// Class: //Zygomycetes// Order: //Entomophthorales// Family: //Meristacraceae// Genus: //Coelomomyces// Species: //stegomyiae//

__** Basidiomycota **__ club-closely packed fildments﻿ **//__Pycnoporus coccineus __//** Kingdom: // Fungi // Phylum: // Basidiomycota // Class: // Basidiomycetes // Order: // Polyporales // Family: // Polyporaceae // Genus: // Pycnoporus // species: // coccineus //

Plants﻿Multi-celled, cell walls, and chlorophyll 

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Fabales

Family: Fabaceae

Genus: // Calliandra //

species: //eriophylla//

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Asterales

Family: Asteraceae

Genus: //Xylorhiza//

species: //tortifolia//

// Zamia furfuracea //

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Cycadophyta

Class: Cycadopsida

Order: Cycadales

Family: Zamiaceae

Genus: // Zamia //

species: furfuracea

Dioon edule

Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Cycadophyta

Class: Cycadopsida

Order: Cycadales

Family: Zamiaceae

Genus: Dioon

species: edule

// Claopodium whippleanum //

Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Bryophyta

Class: Bryopsida

Order: Hypnales

Family: Thuidiaceae

Genus: //Claopodium//

species: //whippleanum//

Gymnosperms :Repreduce with cones or seeds outside of plant no fruit. //Washingtonia filifera//: Lives: next to an oasis in the shade of other trees Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Liliopsida

Class: Liliopsida

Order: Arecales

Family: Arecaceae

Genus: //Washingtonia//

species : //filifera//

Vascular :Tissues to conduct materials through out the plant.

//Lycopodium alpinum// : Lives: on rocky hills.

Kindom: Plantae

Phylum Lycopodiophyta

Class Lycopodiopsida

Family Lycopodiaceae

Genus //Lycopodium//

//species: alpinum//

Pterophyta: Ferns leaves with spores on bottom. Pteris quadriaurita:

Lives: next to a desert oasis

kingdom: Plantae

Phylum:Pteridophyta

Class: Filicopsida

Order Polypodiales

Family Pteridaceae

Genus: Pteris

Species: quadriaurita

Lycophyta:Club mosses larger than non vascular mosses Lycopodium annotinum: Lives: near normal soil in the sand

Kindom: Plantae

Phylum: Lycopodiophyta

Class: Lycopodiopsida

Order: Lycopodiales

Family: Lycopodiaceae

Geneus: Lycopodium

Species: //annotinum//

Non Vascular: No water conducting tissue, close to ground. Grimmia laevigata: Lives: in open sand plains in dry climate.

Kindom: Plantae

Phylum Bryophyta

Class Bryopsida

Order Grimmiales

Family Grimmiaceae

Genus //Grimmia//

Species: laevigata

Sphenophyta : Hollow stems with joints.

Ephedra andina //:// Lives: In between rocks in the spring.

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Gnetophyta

Class: Gnetopsida

Family: Ephedraceae

Genus: //Ephedra//

species//: andina//

Arthropods Two openings for food/waste, jointed appendages. //Ammotrecha araucana//: lives under rocks were there is shade.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum Arthropoda

Class: Arachnida

Order: Solifugae

Family: Ammotrechidae

Genus: //Ammotrecha//

//species: araucana//

Segmented Worms One opening for food another for waist simple nervous system 5 hearts. //Glycera dibranchiata//: lives in the sand

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Annelida

Class: Polychaeta

Order: Aciculata

Family: Glyceridae

Genus: //Glycera//

//species: dibranchiata//

Tardigrades chiefly herbivorous invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, living in water, on mosses, lichens, etc. Richtersius coronifer: live inside plant cells

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Tardigrada

Class: Eutardigrada

Order: Parachela

Family: Macrobiotidae

Genus: //Richtersius//

//species: coronifer//

Mammals advanced nervous system and brain, lungs, feed young with milk most birth live most habitats Endotherms

Camelus dromedarius around were the climate is dry and in the raining season

Kingdom: Animalia

 Kingdom: //Animalia// Phylum: //Chordata//

 Class: //Mammalia// Order: //Artiodactyla//

Family: //Bovidae//

Genus: //Camelus//

Amphibians Part of life in water with gills part of life with lungs two pairs of legs lay eggs smooth skin Ecto therms

//Scaphiopus couchii//: Lives in large mud puddles.

Kingdom: Animailia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Amphibia

Order: Anura

Family: Scaphiopodidae

Genus: //Scaphiopus//

Lancelets

any of various small, transparent, fishlike marine organisms of the subphylum Cephalochordata that are related to vertebrates



//Branchiostoma floridae//: live small ponds under the sand.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Cephalochordata

Order: Not assigned

Family: Branchiostomidae

Genus: //Branchiostoma//

//species: floridae//

Birds

Hollow bones, enlarged lungs, lay eggs, scaly legs, feathers, clawed toes, and they are endotherms

Animalia

Chordata

Aves

Ciconiiformes

Accipitridae

//Accipiter//

//cooperii//

Reptiles

Two pairs of legs, lay eggs, covered with plates or scales, have lungs, and are ectotherms

Animalia

Chordata

Reptilia

Squamata

Viperidae

//Crotalus//

//cerastes//

Mollusks

soft bodies, well developed organ systems, and some have hard shells

Animalia

Molluska

Gastropoda

Stylommatophora

Helicidae

//Helix//

//aspersa//

Reptile

Animalia

Chordata

Reptilia

Testudines

Testudinidae

//Gopherus//

//agassizii//

Arthropod

Animalia

Arthropoda

Malacostraca

Isopoda

not assigned

//Crenisopus//

//acinifer//

no common name

Animalia

Chordata

Amphibia

Anura

Bufonidae

//Anaxyrus//

//punctatus//

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