Can anyone tell me what the taxonomic group of this organism is?
Water flea
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Cladocera
Family: Daphniidae
Genus: Daphnia
- I need to work out the trent biotic index for a freshwater sample - in order to do this I need to state the total number of groups of organisms I found. I'm just not sure which is the taxa group???? and need to know because I have some organisms with the same class and order and don't know whether these would be considered as seperate taxa groups or the same??
Does anyone know??
2006-11-27 12:11:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Each of the five taxa you listed is a taxonomic group this species belongs to.
2006-11-27 14:44:48 · answer #1 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Taxa is just a group. Usually we do it here by the smallest possible thing you can break it down to and still be certain.
2006-11-27 12:36:23 · answer #2 · answered by D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You answered your own question. In alpha taxonomy, as in the scientific classification of organisms, the system implies the root called "Organism" (as it applies to all living species, it is implied rather then stated) followed by the ranks: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Sub-Phylum, Class, Order, Sub-Order, Family, etc.
2006-11-27 12:36:56 · answer #3 · answered by thedriftindragon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The one in vogue when I was a student was King Phillip came over from Germany stoned
2016-05-23 15:48:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like cladistic taxonomy, so class, order, family, is moot. I am not that familiar with that system, if this is what you mean. Go to cladist or cladeogram, on wiki, to start.
2006-11-27 12:22:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋