Numerical: Endemism Index

Sponges of the phylum Porifera maintain a continuous water current through their body by means of a ...

Coelenterates such as Hydra capture prey and defend themselves using specialised stinging cells; wha...

Roundworms belonging to phylum Aschelminthes represent an evolutionary advance over flatworms primar...

Arthropoda is considered the largest phylum in the animal kingdom; which combination of features chi...

Three fundamental characters are shared by every chordate at some stage of life; which set correctly...

If the estimated number of described species on Earth is about 1.7 million and animals constitute ro...

Certain prokaryotes survive in extreme salt-rich lakes, hot sulphur springs and the guts of ruminant...

Rapid proliferation of certain photosynthetic dinoflagellates in coastal waters can turn the sea red...

A fungus reproducing sexually through ascospores borne inside sac-like asci, exemplified by Penicill...

In a lichen partnership growing on a bare rock surface, the photosynthetic algal partner contributes...

Investigations on the tobacco mosaic virus revealed that its genetic material differs from that of m...

Members of the brown algae owe their characteristic colouration to the dominance of a specific acces...