Classification By Evolutionary Relationships, Habitat, And Lifestyles Flashcards
What are the seven groups used for classifying organisms?
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
Who established the hierarchical taxonomic classification?
Carolus Linnaeus
What are the two components of a Latin/Scientific name?
Genus and species
A group of species that shares a single common ancestor and also includes all of the descendants of that common ancestor.
Monophyletic group
Primitive or ancestral trait
Plesiomorphy
A specialized trait or character that is unique to a group or species
Apomorphy
Is where two organisms benefit from each other.
Mutualism
A relationship between two organisms in which one benefits but the other neither benefits nor gets harmed.
Commensalism
A relationship between two organisms in which one member benefits and the other member is usually harmed.
Parasitism
Animals that feed off the small particles in the water column.
Filter feeders or suspension feeders
Animals who feed on the organic materials found in the sediment.
Bottom feeders
Grouping based on the interactions of animals with one another.
Symbiotic association or symbiotic relationship
Two kinds of symbiots.
Endosymbiotic and ectosymbiotic
Where one organism lives in the proximity of the other.
Ectosymbiotic
Where one organism lives within the body of another.
Endosymbiotic
