| Abstract: | PART I: THE CRAFT AND SCIENCE OF CLASSIFICATION: 'So many goodly creatures' -- Classification and the search for order -- The natural order: Darwin's dream and Hennig's solution -- Data -- Clades, grades and the naming of parts: a plea for Neolinnaean impressionism -- PART II: A SURVEY OF ALL LIVING CREATURES: From two kingdoms to three domains -- The domains of the Prokaryotes: Bacteria and Archaea -- The realm of the nucleus: domain Eucarya -- Mushrooms, moulds, and lichens; rusts, smut and rot: kingdom Fungi -- The animals: kingdom Animalia -- Anemones, corals, jellyfish, and sea pens: phylum Cnidaria -- Clams and cockles, snails and slugs, octopuses and squids: phylum Mollusca -- Animals with jointed legs: phylum Anthropoda -- Lobsters, crabs, shrimps, barnacles, and many more besides: subphylum Crustacea -- The insects: subphylum Insecta -- Spiders, scorpions, mites, eurypterids, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders: subphylum Chelicerata and subphylum Pycnogonida -- Starfish and brittle stars, sea urchins and sand dollars, sea lilies, sea daisies, and sea cucumbers: phylum Echinodermata -- Sea squirts, lancelets, and vertebrates: phylum Chordata -- Sharks, rays, and chimaeras: class Chondrichthyes -- The ray-finned fish: class Actinopterygii -- Lobefins and tetrapods: the Sarcopterygii -- The reptiles: class Reptilia -- The mammals: class Mammalia -- Lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes: order Primates -- Human beings and our immediate relatives: family Hominidae -- The birds: class Aves -- The modern birds: subclass Neornithes -- The plants: kingdom Plantae -- The flowering plants: class Angiospermae -- Daisies, artichokes, thistles, and lettuce: family Compositae (or Asteraceae) -- PART III: EPILOGUE: Saving what is left |
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