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The Error of the Evolution
of Species

than 260,000 species, which produce their own food by

means of the exceedingly complex process of photosynthe-
sis, and also meet the nutritional needs of other organisms.
Fungi, which are not capable of photosynthesis and have
no digestive systems such as those in animals, are a king-
dom with some 100,000 members.
The Protista kingdom consists mainly of single-celled or-
ganisms with a cell nucleus, such as algae and diatoms.

Some 100,000 members of this kingdom are known to exist.
Monera, on the other hand, consists of single-celled organ-
isms that lack any nucleus, such as bacteria: Some 10,000
species of this kingdom have been described.
In biological classification, the kingdoms are followed
by phyla, whose number varies according to different biol-
ogists. Still, the classification of 32 animal phyla and 10 plant
phyla is generally accepted. In the animal kingdom, all
species in a particular phylum possess a similar body struc-

ture, although phyla are very different from one another.

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