Intro to Zoology Vocab

a group of organisms believed to have evolved from a common ancestor

• Clade

• Phylum

• zoology

• genus

a method of classification of animals and plants according to the proportion of measurable characteristics that they have in common

• Taxon

• Derived

• Cladistics

• species

(of a plant or animal structure) attached directly by its base without a stalk or peduncle.

• Sessile

• Zooanthellae

• order

• class

What type of diaagram is this

• Bar

• order

• Cladogram

• evolution

The comparison of the structure (anatomy) of one animal or plant with the structure of a different animal or plant.

• Comparative anatomy

• Taxon

• Taxonomy

• Linneaus

the branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms, and with relationships between their structures.

• Morphology

• Zoology

• Genus

a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, and is denoted by a capitalized Latin name, e.g. Leo

• Genus

• class

• fungi

• clade

a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom.

• Phylum

• Class

• Order

• Family

the scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals.

• Taxon

• Zoology

• Species

• Motile

a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial, e.g. Homo sapiens.

• Phylum

• Family

• Species

• Genus