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Taxonomy Hierarchy Foldable Kingdom • 6 types • Will deal only with Kingdom Animalia • Broad way to classify an organism Phylum • 35 different types of phyla in Kingdom Animalia • Sponges, jellyfish, clams, crabs, sea stars and fish all have different phylums • Most fish are listed under the phylum chordata Class • Sharks, whales, turtles, and fish all have different classes • We are listed under the same class as whales. Order • Can help distinguish different types of marine organisms based on similarities and differences • Whales and dolphins share the same order Family • Can distinguish marine organisms similarities and differences even further. • Can separate different types of whales such as blue whales and humpback whales from killer whales Genus • Can separate a blue whale from a humpback whale Species • Most unique rank of living organisms • There can be as many as hundreds of species in a single genus or a few as one • When writing the scientific name of an organism the genus goes first followed by the species. • Balaenoptera musculus (Blue Whale)