Universal Ancestor
Archea/Eukarya
Eukarya
- Presence of membrane bound organelles
 - Presence of membrane bound nucleus
 - ester bonds in cell membrane
 
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
- single posterior flagellum on swimming cells
 
Ancestor of fungi/Animals
- Multicellular
 - Absorptive Heterotrophs
 
Animals
- Mobility
 - Complex organ System
 - Gametic life cycle
 
Porifera
Eumetazoa
Cnidaria
- Radial Symmetry
 - Diploblasty
 
anthozoa
scyphozoa
- Large Medusa
 - Cells present in Mesoglea
 - More Tentacles
 - More Complex
 - Large Amounts of mesoglea
 
hydrozoa
- Small Medusa
 - Low amount of mesoglea
 - Less tentacles
 - Colonial Stage
 
Bilateria
- Bilateral Symmetry
 - Tripoblasty
 - cephalization
 
Deuterostomia
- Radial/Indeterminate Cleavage
 - Blastopore becomes anus
 
Chordata
- Notochord
 - Hollow Dorsal nerve cord
 - Pharyngeal Slits
 - Post-anal tail
 
vertebrata
Agnathans
Chondrichthyes
Ray finned fishes
Coelocanths
Lungfishes
Amphibia
Reptilia
Mammalia
urochordata
cephalochordata
Echinodermata
holothuroidea
- Lack of arms
 - Single gonad
 - sedimentery feeders
 
Echinoidea
- Have a Globoid shape without any arms are feature of sea urchins
 
asteroidea
- Freely Mobile
 - tube feet for locomotion
 
ophiuroidea
- hairy Appearance 
 - spines on arms/cental disk
 
Protostomia
- Spiral/Determinate Cleavage
 - Blastopore becomes mouth
 - Cephalization
 
Lophotrochozoa
- Trochophore larvae
 - Lophotrochozoa
 
Platyheiminthes
Free living Rhabditophorans
trematoda
cestoda
Mullusca/Annelida
Annelida
Mollusca
Bivalva
gastropoda
cephalopoda
- Predators that use tentacles
 
Ecdysozoa
Nematoda
Anthopoda
chelicerata
- Have Jaw/Venom
 - Cuticle made of Chitin
 
Ancestor
hexapoda
crustacea
Fungi
- Cell walls
 - Zygotic life cycle
 
Amebozoa
- movement with pseudopodia (Lobes)
 
Archaeplastida
- Secondary Plastid
 - Diffusion through osmosis
 
Charophytes
Plants/Ancestral Green Algae
- Sporic Life cycle
 - Embryo
 - Dessication Resistant Spores
 - Apical Meristems
 - Gametangia
 - Sporangia
 
Liverworts
Extinct Ancestor
Mosses
Hornworts
- Lignin
 - Xylem/Phloem
 - Dominant Sporophyte Generation
 - Thick waxy Cuticle
 - Stomata
 
Lychophytes
Monilophytes
Ancestor of Gymnosperm/Angiosperm
- Pollen 
 - Seed
 - Heterospory
 - wood
 - Ovules
 
Angiosperm
- Fruit
 - Flowers
 - Endosperm
 - Ovaries
 
Gymnosperm
Subtopic
SAR Clade
Alveolata/Stramenopila
Stramenopila
- Tripartile flagellar hair
 
Alveolata
- Membranous vesicle on cell membrane
 
Rhizaria
Excavata
- Feeding Groove
 - Secondary Plastid
 
Archaea
- Ether bonds in cell membrane
 
Bacteria
- Presence of Peptidoglycan in cell walls
 - Ester bonds in cell membrane