Desert+Facts

By Cooper, Tony, and Jacob
MONERANS -Single celled organisms with no nucleus.

COOPER'S MONERAN //Bacillus subtilis// bacilli shaped Lives in extreme heat locations with little rain

__** TONY'S MONERAN **__ //Bacillus megaterium// bacilli shaped Lives in all soil.

JACOB'S MONERAN //Bacillus anthracis// bacilli shaped Lives in soil and causes anthrax mainly in large mammals

A mostly single celled organism with a nucleus and organelles.
 * __ Protist __**

Tony's Protozoan - "Animal-like", no cell walls, no chlorophyll. // Ciliate protozoa // This protozoan lives Juniperus osteospermus. in the desert soil.

__** Jacob's Algae **__ -Plant like orgsnisms with cell walls and containing chlorophyll. // Haematococcus pluvialis // This algae mainly live in fertile soil of the desert.

__** Cooper's Protozoan **__ -A protozoan is an "animal-like" organism that are mostly single-celled with no cell walls and no chlorophyll. // ﻿﻿ Leishmania major // These euglena live in the dry soil in the desert and causes Leishmaniasis in their vertebrate hosts, they are transferred through sand flies.

= Fungus Kingdom =

__Jacob's Glomeromycota__
- Organisms that attach to roots of plants. Kingdom:Fungi Phylum:Glomeromycota Class:Araucana Order:Glomerales Family:Gigasporaceae Genus://Arbuscular// Species://mycorrhizals// //Arbuscular mycorrhizals// Found in plants growing on soil. -a Zygomycota in thread like and spore at end of tail Kingdom:Fungi Phylum:Zygomycota Class:Zygomycetes Order: Mucorales Family: Mucoraceae Genus://Rhizopus// Species://stolonifer// //Rhizopus stolonifer// Creates mold on plants
 * __Jacob's Zygomycota__**

- They are organisms that are found in water and soil. **Kingdom:** Fungi **Phylum:** Chytridiomycota **Class:** Chytridiomycetes **Order:** Spizellomycetales **Family:** Spizellomycetaceae //**Genus:** Spizellomyces// //**Species:** punctatus// //Spizellomyces punctatus// //"Cactus Fungus"// These fungi can be found in the soil next to a cactus or on the roots of a cactus.
 * __Cooper's Chytridiomycota__**

__**Ascomycota:**__ Sac or cup shaped fungi. __//**Kindom**//__:Fungi //__**Phylum:**__// Ascomycota **Class:** Ascomycetes **Order:** Onygenales **Family:** Onygenaceae **Genus:**//Coccidioides// **species:**// conidia // //Coccidioides conidia// Lives in soil or on decaying plant //s//
 * Tonys Ascomycota **

- They are organisms that are found in water and soil. **Kingdom:** Fungi **Phylum:** Chytridiomycota **Class:** Chytridiomycetes **Order:** Spizellomycetales **Family:** Spizellomycetaceae **Genus:** //Rhizophlyctis// **Species:** //rosea// Rhizophlyctis rosea //"Dry soil fungus"// These Chytridiomycota are found living in dry, non fertile soils.
 * __Cooper's 2nd Chytridiomycota__**

Tony's Basidiomycota __**Basidiomycota:**__ A Basidiomycota is Closely packed Pilement. //Psathyrella agrariella// Grows on roots
 * Kingdom:**Fungi **Phylum:**Basidiomycota **Class**: Basidiomycetes **Order**:Aqaricales **Family**:Psathyrellaceae **Genus:**//Psathyrella// **species:** //agrariella//

=__**﻿Plants**__=

-Multi-celled with cell walls and chlorophyll
-flowers and fruit, covered seeds and angiosperms. They live on the ground in the desert.
 * __Cooper's Magnoliopsida__**
 * Kingdom**- Plant **Division**- Magnoliophyta **Class**- Magnoliopsida **Order**- Caryophyllales **Family**- Cactaceae
 * Genus**- //Ferocactus// **species**- //wislizeni//

-is a batanical name for a group of flowering plants
 * Tony's Magnoliopsida**
 * Kingdom**-Plant **Division-**Magnoliophyta **Class-**Rosopsida- **Order**-Malvales **Family-**Malvacea **Genus**-Gossypium **species**-sturtii.



Lives in sandhills

- a type of tree growing on the outskirts of the desert. Lives mainly in the outskirts in the desert of Arizona.
 * __Jacob's Pinopisida__**
 * Kingdom-**Plant **Division-**Pinophyta **Class-**Pinopsida **Order-**Pinales **Family-**Cupressaceae
 * Genus-**//Cupressus// **species-**//arizonica//

- Plants that have covered seeds. //Acianthera deserta// Lives in the dry soil of Death Valley
 * __Cooper's Liliopsida__**
 * Kingdom**- Plant **Division**- Magnoliophyta **Class**- Liliopsida **Order**- Asparagales **Family**- Orchidaceae
 * Genus**- //Acianthera// **Species**- //deserta//

Mainly found on rocks or dry soil.
 * Jacob's Lycopodiopsida**
 * -a class of plants often loosely grouped as the fern allies, and includes the clubmosses. **
 * Kingdom-** Plantae **Division-** Lycopodiophyta**Class-** Lycopodiopsida **Order-** Selaginellales **Family-** Selaginellaceae
 * Genus-** //Selaginella// **Species-** //lepidophylla//

-club mosses //Selaginella eremophila// Lives on sandy slopes in the Desert.
 * __Cooper's Lycopodiopsida__**
 * Kingdom**- Plant **Division**- Lycopodiophyta **Class**- Lycopodiopsida **Order**- Selaginellales **Family**- Byrrhoidea
 * Genus**- //Selaginella// **species**- //eremophila//

__**Tony's Liliopsida**__ -covered seeds. Such as flowers or fruits //Agave Deserti// Lives in the dry soil of the Desert
 * Kingdom**- Plant **Division**- Magnoliophyta **Class**- Liliopsida **Order**- Asparagales **Family**- Asparagaceae
 * Genus**- //Agave// **Species**- //deserti//

-covered seeds. //Zamia portoricensis// Lives in mixed dry and normal soils on the edges of deserts.
 * Cooper's Cycadopsida**
 * Kingdom**- Plant **Division**- Pinophyta **Class**- Cycadopsida **Order**- Cycadales **Family**- Zamiaceae
 * Genus**- //Zamia// **species**- //portoricensis//

- a gymnospermous flowering plant. Lives in the Southern Great Plains
 * Jacob's Gnetopsida**
 * Kingdom-** Plantae **Division-** Pinophyta**Class-** Gnetopsida **Order-** Gnetales **Family-** Ephedraceae
 * Genus-** //Ephedra// **Species-** //antisyphilitica//

-Horsetails //Equisetum telmateia// These are adapted to thrive in the Dry soils and sandy slopes of the desert.
 * Cooper's Equisetopsida**
 * Kingdom**- Plant **Division**- Equisetophyta **Class**- Equisetopsida **Order**- Equisetales **Family**- Equisetaceae
 * Genus**- //Equisetum// **Species**- //telmateia//

-Plants with long slender branches which bear tiny scale-like leaves at their nodes. It lives in fog desert.
 * Tony's Gnetopsida**
 * Kingdom**- Plant **Phylum**- Pinophyta **Class**- Gnetposida **Order**- Gnetles **Family**- Ephedraceae **Genus**- //Ephedra// **species**- //andlina//

__**Cooper's Pinopsida**__ - cone seeds/ seeds that are protected and dropped to get spread around. //Juniperus osteosperma// Lives only on dry, rocky slopes in the desert.
 * Kingdom**- Plant **Division**- Pinophyta **Class**- Pinopsida **Order**- Pinales **Family**- Cupressaceae
 * Genus**- //Juniperus// **species**- //osteosperma//

**__Jacob's__** **__ Equisetopsida ﻿ ﻿ ﻿  __**
-evergreen erect with rough edges //Equisetum hyemale// found in the Chihuahuan Desert.
 * Kingdom**- Plante **Phylum**- Equisetophyta **Class**- Equisetopsida **Order-** Equisetales **Family**- Equisetaceae
 * Genus**- //Equisetum// **Species**- //hyemale//

- is a cycad native to southeastern Veracruz state in eastern Mexico. Although not a palm tree (Arecaceae), its growth habit is superficially similar to a palm; therefore it is commonly known as "**Cardboard Palm** **Kingdom**- Plantae **Phylum**- Pinophyta **Class**- Cycadopsida **Order**- Cycadales **Family**- Zamiaceae //Zamia// furfuracea Eastern Mexico
 * __Jacob's Cycadopsida__**
 * Genus-** //Zamia// **Species-** //furfuracea//

__J**acob's Welwitschiopsida ** __
-A gymnosperm plant located in the Namib desert in Africa.

**Kingdom-**plant **Phylum-**Pinopyhta **Class-**Welwitschiopsida **Order-**Welwitschiales **Family-**Welwitschiaceae
**Genus-**//Welwitschia// **Species-**//Mirabilis// Namib desert of Africa.

=__﻿Animals__= __**Cooper's Arthropod**__ //Protaetia aeruginosa// Lives in the deserts of Egypt
 * -Multi-celled organisms that digest there food inside thier bodies.**
 * - Two openings food/waste exoskeleton**
 * Kingdom**- Animal **Phylum**- Arthropod **Class**- Insecta **Order**- Coleoptera **Family**- Cetoniidae
 * Genus**- //Protaetia// **species**- //aeruginosa//

__**Tony's Anthropods**__ - **Two openings food/waste exoskeleton** **Kingdom**- Animal **Phylum**- Arthropod **Class**- Chilopoda **Order**- Scolopendromorpha **Family**- Scolopendride //Scolpendra heros// It lives in southern U.S. desert
 * Genus**- //Scolpendra// **species**- //heros//

__**Jacob's mollusk**__ - **Soft body two openings** Lives on the riverside of California.
 * Kingdom-**Animal **Phylum-**Mollusca **Class-**Gastropoda **Order-**Stylommatophora **Family-**Helminthoglyptidae
 * Genus-**//Eremarionta// **Species-**//immaculata//

Lives mostly in the Gobi Desert
 * __Cooper's mollusk__**
 * - Soft body two openings**
 * Kingdom**- Animal** Phylum**- Mollusca** Class**- Gastropoda** Order**- Pulmonata** Family **- Helicidae** **
 * Genus**- //Helix// **Species**- //engaddensis//

- **Two openings food/waste circulatory system** Mount desert island
 * __Jacob's Segmented worm__**
 * Kingdom**-Animal **Phylum- Annelida Class**- Polychaeta **Order- Aciculata Family**- Glyceridae
 * Genus-// Glycera //species**-// dibranchiata //

Lives in the Namib desert
 * __Cooper's Platyhelminthes__**
 * - One opening food/waste simple nervous system**
 * Kingdom**- Animal **Phylum**- Platyhelminthes **Class**- Turbellaria **Order**- Polycladida **Family**- Euryleptidae
 * Genus**- //Prosthecaraeus// **Species**- //giesbrechtii//

__**Jacob's Mammalia**__ - **Hairy, milk producing, endothermic** lives in southwestern california
 * KIngdom-**Animal**Phylum:** Chordata **Class:** Mammalia **Order:**Rodentia **Family:** Heterominae
 * Genus:** //Dipodomys// **s****pecies:** //agillis//

Lives in all deserts
 * __Cooper's Reptillia__**
 * - Ectothermic, scales**
 * Kingdom-** Animal **Phylum-** Chordata **Class-** Reptillia **Order-** Squamata **Family-** Agimidae
 * Genus-** //Pogona// **Species-** //vitticeps//

Lives in the arid Southwestern U.S
 * __Cooper's Aves__**
 * - Hollow bones, scaly legs feathers**
 * Kingdom-** Animal **Phylum**- Chordata **Class**- Aves **Order**- Cuculiformes **Family**- Cuculidae
 * Genus**- //Geococcyx// **Species**- //californiana//

__**Tony's** **Reptillia**__ - **Ectothermic, scales** **Kingdom**- Animal **Phylum**- Chrordata **Class**- Reptillia **Order**- Squamata **Family**- Colubridae Desert sand
 * Genus**- //Pituophis// **species**- //catenifer//

Lives in the Namib desert
 * __Cooper's Amphibia__**
 * - Spent first part of life in water and second part on land**
 * Kingdom-** Animal **Phylum**- Chordata **Class**- Amphibia **Order**- Anura **Family**- Limnodynastidae
 * Genus**- //Neobatrachus// **Species**- //centralis//

__**Jacob's aves**__ - hollow bones, scaly legs, feathers Lives in southwestern United states
 * Kingdom**-Animal **Phylum**-Chordata **Class**-Aves **Order**-Piciformes **Family**- Picidae
 * Genus**- //Melanerpes// **species-**//uropygialis//

__**Tony's Actinopterygii**__ - **Fins supported by bones upper jaw bones slides forward when opened** Lives in the Nile river
 * Kingdom**- Animal **Phylum**- Chordata **Class**- Actinopterygii **Order**- Perciformes **Family**- Chichlidae
 * Genus**- //Oreochromis// **species**- //niloticus//

__**Jacob's Amphibia**__ -first part of life in water second on land
 * Kingdom**-Animalia **Phylum-**Chordata **Class**-Amphibia **Order**-Urodela **Family-**Plethodontidae
 * Genus**-//Batrachoseps// **species-//aridus //**

Lives in Hidden Palms Canyon in the Sanat Rosa Mountains

__**Jacob's Insecta **__ - **Two openings food/waste exoskeleton** **Kingdom**-Animalia **Phylum-**Arthropoda **Class**-Insecta **Order-**Coleoptera **Family- Coccinellidae **
 * Genus-**//Coccinella// **species-**//novemnotata//

Lives near California and Mexico.

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