The domain Eukarya includes all organisms that have nuclei in their cells. Within Eukarya, there are four kingdoms: Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia. All organisms in each kingdom have certain traits in common. So what does Animalia mean?
In 1938, Herbert F. Copeland proposed a four-kingdom classification by creating the novel Kingdom Monera of prokaryotic organisms; as a revised phylum Monera of the Protista, it included organisms now classified as Bacteria and Archaea. Ernst Haeckel, in his 1904 book The Wonders of Life, ha...
In the USA, the kingdoms are: Animalia (the animal kingdom), Plantae (the plant kingdom), Fungi, Protista, Archaea and Bacteria. In other parts of the world, the kingdoms are: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista and Monera (which includes Archaea and Bacteria). The common sunflower (Heli...
Rediscovery of the multiflagellated protist Paramastix conifera Skuja 1948 (Protista incertae sedis). Nova Hedwigia 65, 443–452 (1997). Google Scholar Download references Acknowledgements The authors thank P. Li and P. Scallion (Dalhousie University) for assistance with electron microscopy, M. Dl...