How do you measure diversity?
Variation
Variation is the way to measure what?
Diversity
What are the units of diversity?
Taxa, usually species
Taxa is defined as…?
The units of diversity
1.2 million species
Phylum Arthopoda
92K species
Phylum Molluska
65K species
Phylum Chordata
25K species
Phylum Nematoda
20K species
Phylum Platyhelminthes
17K species
Phylum Annelida
15K species
Phylum “Porifera”
10K species
Phylum Cnidara
7K species
Phylum Echinodermata
14K species
Other animal phyla
100,000 species
Superphylum Stramenopila
64,000 species
Superphylum Alveolata
40,000 species
Superphylum Viridplantae
If include plants, how many species does Viridiplantae have?
350,000 spp.
300 species
Superphylum Parabasalida