Talk:Biota (taxonomy)

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? Biota
Scientific classification
Superdomain: Biota
Empires
Eukaryota - Eucarya Prokaryota - Monera Aphanobionta - Virus

? Biota
Scientific classification
Superdomain: Biota
Domains
Eukaryota - Eucarya Bacteria - Eubacteria Archaea - Archaebacteria Acytota - Virus

? Biota
Scientific classification
Superdomain: Biota
Superkingoms
Metacarya - Multicellular Protista - Protista Bacteria - Eubacteria Archaea - Archaebacteria Virus - Virus

? Biota
Scientific classification
Superdomain: Biota
Kingoms
Animalia - Fauna (Metazoa) Plantae - Flora (Metaphyta) Fungi - Eumycota Chromista - Promycota Archezoa - Giarda Protista - Protozoa Bacteria - Eubacteria Archaea - Archaebacteria Virus - Virus

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I have never seen this rank or taxon used formally. I really don't think it's standard, and I don't think we should treat it as such. As such, I'm removing the category for the time being, until the article has some substantitation. The systems above are all valid - though Archezoa is obsolete, and stole Chromista's color :) - except viruses definitely don't appear in the published versions of at least two. I'm not really sure what their point is, though. Josh 06:06, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

"Biota" reminds me of kids who put "Earth, Solar System, Milky Way, etc" at the end of addresses. Anyway, we already have a long discussion on the various systems of kingdoms/empires/domains at Kingdom (biology). Gdr 23:24, 15 March 2006 (UTC)