Desert+Facts

Monerans are single celled organisms that often live in chains or clusters of cells. They have no nucleus or organelles. Here are a few examples of Monerans...
 * ​Monerans **

//**Streptomyces rimosus**//

It can usually be found in decaying vegetation or the soil. Its shape is cocci(sphere).

//Deinococcus peraridilitoris//


====The //Deimococcus peraridilitoris// was recently found in 2003 in the Atacama desert in Chile. The //Deimococcus peraridilitoris// can withstand cold, drought and radiation.The shape of this bacteria is cocci. ====

**Protists**​ Kingdom Protista is composed of complicated single-celled organisms, and simple multi-celled organisms. These cells have organelles and nuclei. The two different types of Protists are called Protozoans and Algae. Examples of protists are as follows...
 * //Entamoeba muris //**
 * Protozoan **
 * [[image:Protist_picture.jpg width="227" height="174" caption="Can usually be found in the large intestine of rodents"]]

Algae: nucleus and organells,most single celled

//Ochromonas ostreaeformis//

The Ochromonas ostreaeformis can be found in a lake in Antartica. This algea has no common name.**

 =Fungi = Fungi are multi-celled organisms that have no chlorophyll. They also absorb nutrients from other organisms. Examples of Fungi are as follows...

//** Psora crenata **// Phylum: Ascomycota -Cup-shaped fungi that are usually colorful. Class: Ascomycetes Order: Lecanorales Family: Psoraceae Genus: //Psora// species: //crenata//**
 * Kingdom: Fungi

Common Name: Fishscale Lichen .

Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota -club-closely packed filaments Class: Gasteromycetes Order:** **Sclerodermatales Family: Astraeae ceae Genus: //Astraeus// species: //hygrometricus//**
 * //Astraeus hygrometricus//

Common Name: Hard-Skinned Puffball //**

Podaxis pistillaris **// Phylum: Basidiomycota -club-closely packed filaments. Class: Gasteromycetets Order: Sclerpdermateles Family: Astraeaceae Genus: //Podaxis// species: //pistillaris//**
 * KIingdom: Fungi

Common Name: Desert Shaggy Mane 


 * // Mortierella antartica //

KIingdom: Fungi Phylum: Zygomycota -thread like-spore at end of filament Class: zygomycetes Order: Mortierellales Family: Mortierellaceae Genus: //Montierella// species: //antartica//**



**Plants **
Plants are mostly multi-celled organisms that are able to make their own food through photosynthesis.Plant cells have cell walls as opposed to membranes. They have roots that keep them anchored to the ground. They lack organs for mobility, so their movements are limited. Examples of plants are as follows...

**Luke's Plants**
 * //Agave deserti// **



Class: Liliopsida**** - flowering plants that are distinguished by having one cotyledon (embryonic leaves). They also are parallel veined. ** Family: Agavaceae Genus: //Agave// species: //deserti//**
 * Kingdom: Plantae**
 * Phylum: Tracheophyta
 * Order: Amaryllidales

//**Grimmia americana

**// Can be usually be found on dry, exposed desert rock.

Phylum: Bryophyta Class: Bryopsida -mosses Order: Grimmiales Family: Grimmiacae Genus: //Grimmia// species: //americana//** //** Pellaea andro **// //** medifolia **//
 * Kingdom: Plantae

Can be found in the Southwestern United States on cliff-sides.

Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class: Filicopsida**** -Any flowerless and seadless vascular plants. ** Family: Adiantaceae //Genus: Pellaea// //species: andromedifolia//**
 * Kingdom: Plantae
 * Order: Filicales

** //Welwitschia mirabilis

// ** Can only be found in the Namib Desert, Namibia, and Angola.

Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Gnetopsida Order: Gnetales Family:** **Welwitschiaceae** //**Genus: Welwitschia species: mirabilis**//
 * Kingdom: Plantae

//**Equisetum hyemale**//

Can be found in Southwestern United States

Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Equisetopsida Order: Equisetales Family: Equisetaceae //Genus//: //Equisetum// //species//: //hyemale//**
 * Kingdom: Plantae

//**Parkinsonia aculeata**//

Found in the Sonoran Desert.

Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: Caesalpiniaceae** //**Genus: Parkinsonia species: aculeata**//
 * Kingdom:Plantae

// Platanus wrightii // **
 * Elena's Plants
 * common name:Arizona Sycamore

Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Magnoliopsida -a class of flowering plants that they normaly have two cotyledons and net-veined leaves. Order: Hamamelidales Genus: //Plantanus// species: //wrightii//** Kingdom: Plant Phylum:** **Magnoliophyta Class:** **Filicopsida -Any flowerless and seadless vascular plants. Order:** **Filicales Family:** **Adiantaceae Genus: Cheilanthes species: covillei**
 * // Cheilanthes covillei //**
 * common name: Coville's Lip Fern

Yucca brevifolia

common name: joshua tree

Kingdom: Plantae Pylum: Tracheophyta Class: Liliopsida**** - flowering plants that are distinguished by having one cotyledon.(embryonic leaves). They also are parallel veined. Order: Amaryllidales Family: Agavaceae Genus: //Yucca// Species: //brevifolia//** //** Zamia furfuracea **//


 * common name: Cardboard palm**

Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Cycadopsida - ** all tropical and subtropical palmlike evergreens that are cycads Family: Zamiaceae Genus: //Zamia// Species: //furfuracea//**  // **Selaginella lepidophylla** //
 * Kingdom: Plantae
 * Order: Cycadales


 * Common name:Resurrection Plant**

Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Lycopodiopsida -consists of club mosses, quillworts, and spikemoss. It has all of the club mosses. Order: Selaginellales Family: Selaginellaceae Genus: //Selaginella// Species: //lepidophylla//**
 * Kingdom: Plantae


 * [[image:biomesfirst09:club_moss.jpg width="183" height="140" caption="The Resurrection plant is found in Texas,Arizona,and El Salvador."]] ||

//** Cupressus arizonica **//


 * Common name:Arizona Smooth Cypress

kingdom:plantae Phylum:Pinophyta Class:Pinopsida -conifers in the division Pinophyta. Order:Pinales Family:Cupressaceae Genus://Cupressus// species:**//**arizonica**//


 * Animals **

**Animals:multi-celled, digest food inside body. Vertebrate:with backbone and spinal chord. Invertebrate: no backbone or spinal chord.**


 * // Ovis canadensis //

Common name: American Bighorn Sheep

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia -Mammals Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae //Genus: Ovis species: canadensis //**

=//Latrodectus mactans//=


 * Common name: Southern Black Widow

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda -Crabs, Lobsters, Spiders, Insects Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Theridiidae //Genus: Latrodectus species: mactans //** =//Baylisascaris procyonis//=


 * Common name: Raccoon Roundworm**

Phylum: Nematoda -Roundworms, Nematodes Class: Secernentea Order: Ascaridida Family: Ascarididae //Genus: Baylisascaris species: procyonis // I know, the picture makes me queasy too.**
 * Kingdom: Animalia

=//Geococcyx californianus//=


 * Common Name: Ground Cuckoo

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves -Birds Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae //Genus: Geococcyx species: californianus //**

**//Cyprinodon salinus//**


 * Common name: Death Valley Pupfish**

Phylum: Chordata Superclass: Osteichthyes -Bony Fish ** //Genus: Cyprinodon species: salinus //** //**Driloleirus americanus**//
 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Class:** **Actinopterygi****i**
 * Order: Cyprinodontiformes**
 * Family:** **Cyprinodontidae


 * Giant Palouse Earthworm

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida -Segmented Worms Class: Oligochaeta Family: Megascolecidae** species: americanus//**
 * //Genus: Driloleirus
 * [[image:240px-Giant_Palouse_earthworm.jpg caption="Can be found in soily parts of the desert, as opposed to in the sand"]]

Elena's Animals //Felis rufus//**


 * Bobcat**

Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia** - is warm blooded vertebrates that have hair, are born alive Family: Felidae Genus: //Felis// Species: //rufus// **
 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Order: Carnivora

 =//Bufo alvarius//=
 * Sonoran desert toad**

Phlyum: Chordata Class: Amphibia - ** animals that live part of their life in the water with gills and the other part on land with lungs Family: Bufonidae Genus: //Bufo// Species: //alvarius// **
 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Order: Anura

=//Dasypus novemcinctus ​ //=
 * Nine Banded Armadillo

Kingdom: Anamalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mamalia** -is warm blooded vertebretes and are born alive. Family: Dasypodidae Genus:** **//Dasypus// species: //novemcinctus//**
 * Order: Cingulata

** __Elena's Invertebrates__ **


 * // Fossaria obrussa //**


 * Golden fossaria

Kingdom: Animalia Phlyum: Molluska - ** is soft bodied animals with well developed organ systems Order: Basommatophora Family: Chalcidoidea Genus: //Fossaria// Species: //obrussa// **
 * Class: Gastropoda



//**Ephydatia muelleri**//
 * no common name**

Phylum: Porifera -Sponges ** Order: Haposclerida Family: Spongillidae Genus: //Ephydatia// Species: //muelleri// **
 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Class: Demonspongiae

//**Zeldia spannata**//
 * No common name

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Nematoda - worms, having a long, round, and having a smooth body Class: Chromadorea Order: Rhabditida Family:Celphalobidae Genus: //Zeldia// Species: //spannata//**

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