If you had to order the following groups in terms of their d

If you had to order the following groups in terms of their diversity (or number of species), how would you order them? List the most diverse first. mammals > arthropods > fungi > land plants arthopods > land plants > fungi > mammals arthropods > fungi > mammals > land plants mammals > land plants > arthropods > arthopods > fungi Our best evidence to date suggests that the Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago. What life forms existed on Each during the following periods. A. no life existed B. Unicellular life appeared C. unicellular life forms were the only living things on Earth D. multicellular life appeared E. dinosaurs dominated the entire period F. mammals dominated the entire period

Solution

A study published online in the journal PLOS Biology, suggests that out of expected 8.74million species of eukaryotes present on earth, approximately 7.77 million are animals, 298,000 plants, 611,00 fungi, 36,400 species of protozoa, and around 27,500 species of chromists.

Another study published in a leading international journal suggests that, phylum Arthropoda include diverse group of taxa like insects, crustaceans, spiders, scorpions, and centipedes. Around two-third (i.e. 1,000,000 species) of all species on Earth are arthropods.

Hence, from the above data it is concludes that:

Arthropoda >fungi >mammals>land plants (embryophyta)