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Phyla Found in Oceans §

File'em in a phylum

One way to think about biodiversity is to sort organisms by general body plan. Each of these broad groupings is called a phylum (the plural is phyla). If species are like twigs, phyla are like tree trunks.

ANIMALS

PROTISTS

PLANTS

FUNGI

BACTERIA (Monerids)

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Judith Gradwohl, Smithsonian Institution (Curator/Ocean Planet)