Class (biology)

Class is one of the levels of scientific classification of organisms. The standard groupings of taxonomy from most general to most specific are:

• Domain
• Kingdom
• Phylum (animals); Division (plants)
  • Subphylum; Subdivision
  • Superclass
• Class
• Order
  • Suborder
  • Superfamily
• Family
  • Subfamily
• Genus
  • Subgenus
  • Section
    • Subsection
• Species
  • Subspecies
  • Variety (plants only)

An acronym mnemonic for remembering this is: King Phillip called out for good soup.

See also: Binomial nomenclature -- Scientific classification -- Taxonomy

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