AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -There are seven main taxonomic ranks: kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and species.

Detailed explanation-2: -Class. The class ranks below the phylum and above the order in taxonomy. Members of a class share more characteristics with each other than they do with other organisms in the same phylum.

Detailed explanation-3: -After kingdoms, the subsequent categories of increasing specificity are: phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. Figure: Levels in taxonomic classification: At each sublevel in the taxonomic classification system, organisms become more similar.

Detailed explanation-4: -1. Linnaeus’ hierarchical system of classification includes seven levels. They are, from largest to smallest, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.

Detailed explanation-5: -A subspecies is a taxonomic rank below species – the only such rank recognized in the zoological code, and one of three main ranks below species in the botanical code.