● More than 70 per cent of all the species recorded are `color{violet}("animals")`, while `color{violet}("plants (including algae, fungi, bryophytes, gymnosperms")` and `color{violet}("angiosperms")` ) comprise no more than 22 per cent of the total.
● Among `color{violet}("animals")`, insects are the most species-rich `color{violet}("taxonomic")` group, making up more than 70 per cent of the total.
● That means, out of every 10 animals on this planet, 7 are insects.
● The number of `color{violet}("fungi")` species in the world is more than the `color{violet}("combined total")` of the species of `color{violet}("fishes, amphibians, reptiles")` and `color{violet}("mammals.")`
● `color{violet}("Biodiversity")` is depicted showing species number of `color{violet}("major taxa.")`
● It should be noted that these estimates do not give any figures for `color{violet}("prokaryotes.")`
● `color{violet}("Biologists")` are not sure about how many `color{violet}("prokaryotic")` species there might be.
● The problem is that `color{violet}("conventional taxonomic methods")` are not suitable for `color{violet}("identifying microbial species")` and many species are simply not culturable under `color{violet}("laboratory conditions.")`
● If we accept `color{violet}("biochemical")` or `color{violet}("molecular criteria")` for delineating species for this group, then their `color{violet}("diversity")` alone might run into millions.
● More than 70 per cent of all the species recorded are `color{violet}("animals")`, while `color{violet}("plants (including algae, fungi, bryophytes, gymnosperms")` and `color{violet}("angiosperms")` ) comprise no more than 22 per cent of the total.
● Among `color{violet}("animals")`, insects are the most species-rich `color{violet}("taxonomic")` group, making up more than 70 per cent of the total.
● That means, out of every 10 animals on this planet, 7 are insects.
● The number of `color{violet}("fungi")` species in the world is more than the `color{violet}("combined total")` of the species of `color{violet}("fishes, amphibians, reptiles")` and `color{violet}("mammals.")`
● `color{violet}("Biodiversity")` is depicted showing species number of `color{violet}("major taxa.")`
● It should be noted that these estimates do not give any figures for `color{violet}("prokaryotes.")`
● `color{violet}("Biologists")` are not sure about how many `color{violet}("prokaryotic")` species there might be.
● The problem is that `color{violet}("conventional taxonomic methods")` are not suitable for `color{violet}("identifying microbial species")` and many species are simply not culturable under `color{violet}("laboratory conditions.")`
● If we accept `color{violet}("biochemical")` or `color{violet}("molecular criteria")` for delineating species for this group, then their `color{violet}("diversity")` alone might run into millions.