Types of organisms

Here is a primitive taxonomy of life:
  • macroorganisms
    • plants
    • animals
  • microorganisms
    • prokaryotic
      • cyanobacteria
      • bacteria
        • eubacteria
        • archaebaceria
    • eukaryotic
      • algae
      • fungi
      • protozoa
As the prokaryotes play important roles in the salt marsh ecology, we expand on them with a further page.
Revised by Ralph 28 July 1998