Six Kingdoms of Life Forms

Six Kingdoms of Life Forms
Kingdom	Examples	Characteristics
Monera	Bacteria	Prokaryotic
Monera	Archaebacteria	Anaerobic prokaryotes
Protista	Protozoa Diatoms Slime Molds	Single-celled Eukaryotes
Fungi		Multi-celled Eukaryotes
Plantae	Algae Bryophytes Vascular Plants	Autotrophic multi-celled organisms
Animalia	Lower Metazoa (unsegmented and acoelomate; formerly classes of phylum Aschelminthes): Acanthocephala Coelenterata Endoprocta Gastrotricha Kinorhynchia Nematoda Nematomorpha Nemertea Platyhelminthes Priapulida Rotifera	Heterotrophic multi-celled organisms
Animalia	Higher Metazoa (segmented and coelomate): Annelida Arthropoda Mollusca Tardigrada Echinodermata Hemichordata Chordata (and others, mainly various marine worms)	Heterotrophic multi-celled organisms
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