Domain of Eukaryota / Eukarya
(eukaryotes / eukaryans / all cellular organisms bearing a central, organized nucleus with DNA)
- comprises most of the species of life which have been documented by biologists and paleontologists as either living or deceased
- includes a wide variety of single-celled protists, all algae, most plankton, most molds, the green plants, and all animal-related kingdoms
- but does not include the primal, sub-nuclear, prokaryotic domains of Archaea and Bacteria – nor the enigmatic domain of Viruses
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