Desert+Organisms


 * Organisms**

= Desert Monera. =

Examples of desert monera are...
Scientific name: //Nostoc flagelliforme// Shape: Bacilli //Nostoc flagelliforme// is found in arid and semiarid climates around the world. The countries that it is most commonly found in are: Algeria, Russia, and the United States. //Nostoc flagelliforme// is mostly in places with extreme weather conditions, and where temperatures differ dramatically throughout the day.

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Scientific name: //Ramlibacter tataouinensis// Shape: cocci in the center of the colony and bacilli on the outside //Ramlibacter tataouinensis// is found in hot semiarid deserts. This bacteria has been found in southern Tunisia mixed in the sand.

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= = = Desert Protozoa =

Examples of desert Protozoa are...
Scientific name: //Colpoda irregularis//

Method of Movement: Pseudopod

Where they live: High desert region of southwest Idaho



Scientific name: //Colpoda cucullus// Method of Movement: Pseudopod Where they live: //Colpoda cucullus// live on the surface of plants all over the world.

= Desert Fungi =

Fungi: multi-celled organisms with no chlorophyll. They absorb nutrients and are classified as decomposers.
=Ascomycota are sac-shaped fungi.=

Scientific name//: **Coccidiodes immitis**//
Common name: **Valley fever** Kingdom: **Fungi** Phylum: **Ascomycota** Class: **Eurotiomycetes** Order: **Onygenales** Family: **Onygenacease** Genus: **//Coccidioides//** species: **//immitis//**


 * The people who are most likely to get this are AIDS patients, transplant recipients, diabetics, certain ethnic races, and people exposed to desert soil for a certain period of time.**

=Basidiomycota are club-shaped fungi with closely packed filament.=

An example of basidiomycota is.....
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Scientific name: //Montagnea arenaria//
Common name: **N/A** Kingdom: **Fungi** Phylum: **Basidiomycota** Class: **Agaricomycetes** Order: **Agaricales** Family: **Agaricaceae** Genus: **//Montagnea//** species: **//arenaria//**
 * Found in arid environments around the world.**

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=Glomeromycota are fungi that grow on the roots of plants. An example of Glomeromycota is.....=

Scientific name: //Glomus fasciculatum// Kingdom: **Fungi** Phylum: **Glomeromycota** Class: **Glomeromycetes** Order: **Glomerales** Family: **Glomeraceae** Genus//: **Glomus**// Species: **//fasciculatum//** They are found in almost all terrestrial biomes around the world, including; deserts, grasslands, tropical forests, and tundras.

Scientific name: //Terfezia arenaria//
Kingdom: **Fungi** Phylum: **Ascomycota** Class: **Pezizomyetes** Order: **Pezizales** Family: **Pezizacease** Genus//: **Terfezia**// Species: **//arenaria//** Location: **//Terfezia arenaria// is found in acidic, sandy, humid soil all over the world in deserts.**

= Desert Plants =

Plants: multi-celled organisms with a cell wall and green chlorophyll.
Magnoliophyta: a covered seed, in a flowering plants that makes fruit. Scientific name: //Encelia farinosa// Kingdom: **Plantae** Phylum: **Magnoliophyta** Class: **Magnoliopsida** Order: **Asterales** Family: **Asteraceae** //Genus: **Encelia**// //species: **farinosa**// Location: **This plant is located in the Mojave and Sonoran Desert**.

Magnoliophyta: a covered seed, in a flowering plants that makes fruit. = =



**Scientific name**: //Dasylirion wheeleri//**Kingdom**: Plantae**Phylum**: Magnoliophyta**Class**: Liliopsida**Order**: Asparagales**Family**: Asparagaceae**Genus**: //Dasylirion//**species**: //wheeleri// **Location**: in many deserts including the Sonoran Desert and, parts of northern Mexico.

= = == =Magnoliophyta: a covered seed, in a flowering plants that makes fruit.=

Scientific name: //Ferocactus// // wislizeni // Kingdom: **Plantae** Phylum: **Magnoliophyta** Class: **Magnoliopsida** Order: **Caryophyllales** Family: **Cactaceae** Genus: **//Ferocactus//** Species: **//wislizeni//**


 * This plant is mostly found in the Mojave, Sonora, and Chihuahua deserts. **

**Magnoliophyta**: a covered seed, in a flowering plants that makes fruit. = =

//Dracaena marginata//Kingdom: **Plantae** Phylum: **Magnoliophyta** Class: **Liliopsida**Order:**Asparagales**Family: **Aspargaceae**Genus: **//Dracaena//**Species: **//marginata//** **This plant is found in the desert region of Australia.**



=Pinophyta: Reproduce cones or seeds outside of the plant.=

//Juniperus osteosperma// Kingdom: **Plantae** Phylum: **Pinophyta** Class: **Pinopsida** Order: **Pinales** Family: **Cupressaceae** Genus: **//Juniperus//** Species: **//osteosperma//**
 * This plant is mostly found on the west side of the US.**

Gnetophyta: Reproduce cones or seeds outside of the plant. //Welwitschia mirabilis// Kingdom: **Plantae**Phylum: **Gnetophyta**Class: **Gnetopsida**Order: **Welwitschiales**Family: **Welwitschiaceae**Genus: **//Welwitschia//**Species: **//mirabilis//** **Found in the Namib Desert**

**Bryophyta:** a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue

=//Crossidium seriatum//= Common name: Crossidium moss Kingdom: **Plantae** Phylum: **Bryophyta** Class: **Bryopsida** Order: **Pottiales** Family: **Pottiaceae** Genus: **//Crossidium//** Species: **//seriatum//** This plant is found in the northern region Mojave Desert.

**Bryophyta:** a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue

//Claopodium whippleanum//Common name: Whipple's Claopodium MossKingdom: **Plantae**Phylum: **Bryophyta**Class: **Bryopsida**Order: **Hypnales**Family: **Thuidiaceae**Genus: **//Claopodium//**Species: **//whippleanum//** This plant is found in the northern Mojave Desert.

== =Equisetophyta: a hallow reed with joints= //Equisetum laevigatum//
 * Plantae**
 * Equisetophyta**
 * Equisetopsida**
 * Equisetales**
 * Equisetaceae**
 * //Equisetum//**
 * //laevigatum//**

//Equisetum laevigatum// is found most of US and Canada, but not south east US or northern Canada.

Lycopodiophyta: club mosses, that are larger than nonvascular mosses. //Selaginella arizonica//**Plantae****Lycopodiophyta****Lycopodiopsida****Selaginellales****Selaginellaceae****//Selaginella//****//arizonica//**

**Location: These plants are found in parts of Arizona and Texas.** = =

Lycopodiophyta: club mosses, that are larger than nonvascular mosses. //Selagiella eremoph////ila//
 * Plantae**
 * Lycopodiophyta**
 * Lycopodiopsida**
 * Selaginellales**
 * Selaginellaceae**
 * //Selaginella//**
 * //eremophila//**
 * Location: This is found in California, Arizona, Baja California, New Mexico, and Texas.**



Cycadophyta: fern with fronds, and with spore on the bottom. //Zamia furfuracea// **Plantae** **Cycadophyta** **Cycadopsida** **Cycadales** **Cycadales** **Zamiaceae** **//Zamia//** **//furfuracea//** Location: In the Sonoran Desert.

Animals

These are examples of inverte[[image:biomesfirst11/Desert_Anodonta.jpg width="300" height="198" align="left" caption="California Floater"]]brates.
//A//// nodonta californiensis // Kingdom: **Animalia** Phylum: **Mollusca: Soft body, two openings, simple organ systems, some with shell.** Class: **Bivalvia** Order: **Unionoida** Family: **Unionidae** Genus: //**A**//**// nodonta //** Species: **// californiensis //**
 * This is found off of the banks of rivers in Arizona.**

// Caenorhabditis elegans // Kingdom: **Animalia** Phylum: **Nematoda: Two openings, developed nervous system.** Class: **Secernentea** Order: **Rhabditida** Family: **Rhabditidae** Genus: **//Caenorhabditis//** Species: **//elegans//** Found in desert soil.

//Zerene cesonia// Animalia Arthropoda: two openings for food and waste, with an exoskeleton and joined appendages. Insecta Lepidoptera Pieridse //Zerene// //cesonia//

//Zerene cesonia// is found in southern United States.

//Mexistylochus tube////rculatus// Animalia Platyhelminthers: One opening for food and waste, with a simple nervous system. Turbellaria Polycladida Stylochidae //Mexistylochus// //tuberculatus// This is found in southwest North America.

//Sipunculus nudus// Animalia Sipuncula: two openings for food and waste, mouth is surrounded by tentacles. Sipunculidea Sipunculiformes Sipunculidae //Sipunculus// //nudus// This is found in deserts sitting on the ocean.



//Carinoma mutabilis// Kingdom: **Animalia** Phylum: **Nemertea: Two openings, brain and nervous system, circulatory system.** Class: **Anopla** Order: **Not assigned** Family: **Carinomidae** Genus: **//Carinoma//** Species: **//mutabilis//** Can be found in the Sonora Desert.

These next six are vertebrates. // Geococcyx californianus // Animalia Chordata Aves: hollow boned organisms with scaly legs and feathers. Cuculiformes Cuculidae //Geococcyx// //californianus// These exotic birds are found in deserts in all the southern states.



//Lithobates sphenocephalus// Animalia Amphibia: spends beging of life in water with gills, second part of life on land with lung. They have smooth skin. Chordata Anura Ranidae //Lithobates// //sphenocephalus// This is found along permanent and intermittent streams in the Sonoran Desert.

//Phrynosoma platyrhinos // Kingdom: **Animalia** Phylum: **Chordata** Class: **Reptilia: Ectothermic, scales, four appendages.** Order: **Squamata** Family: **Phrynosomatidae** Genus: **//Phrynosoma//** Species: **//platyrhinos//** This is found in the Mojave, Sonoran and Colorado deserts.

//Gopherus agassizii// Animalalia Chordata Reptilia: Ectothermic, have four appendages, and have scales. Testudines Testudiindae //Gopherus// //agassizii// This tortoise is found in the extreme southwest of Nevada.

//Dipodomys agilis// Kingdom: **Animalia** Phylum: **Chordata** Class: **Mammalia: Hairy, milk-producing, endothermic.** Order: **Rodentia** Family: **Heteromyidae** Genus: **//Dipodomys//** Species **//agilis//** Found in arid and semi-arid climates around the world.



//Cyprinodon macularius// Kingdom: **Animalia** Phylum: **Chordata** Class: **Actinopterygii: Fine supported bones, upper jaw bones slides forward when opened.** Order: **Cyprinodontiformes** Family: **Cyprinodontidae** Genus: **//Cyprinodon//** Species: **//macularius//** Found in the small rivers flowing through Tucson, Arizona.


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