Taxonomy

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The Grand Taxonomical Tree of Life is a comprehensive framework that organizes all known and theorized lifeforms across the Multiverse, blending scientific taxonomy with fantastical and speculative classes found throughout the Continuums Universes. This taxonomy accounts for traditional biological domains as well as entirely speculative "superdomains" such as energy beings, silicon-based organisms, divine manifestations, and artificial life.

Overview

This taxonomy is designed for both scientific and science fantasy settings, allowing for the categorization of real, mythical, and hybrid lifeforms. Each major clade is presented as a root-to-branch structure, accommodating everything from classical animalia to soul-based or artificial entities.

Primary Superdomains

• Eukarya – Carbon-based, nucleated life: animals, plants, fungi, protists
• Bacteria – Prokaryotic microorganisms
• Archaea – Ancient prokaryotes, extremophiles
• Bitumenya – Bitumen/tar-based hypothetical life
• Siliconya – Silicon-based, crystalline, or mineraloid life
• Energeia – Energy-based, plasma, soul, or spirit beings
• Mechanika – Artificial, machine, digital, or cybernetic lifeforms
• Divina – Divine, metaphysical, or purely conceptual entities

Example Taxonomical Branches

Eukarya Branches

• Animalia
  • Vertebrata
    • Mammalia – mammals
    • Sauria – lizard-like, dinosaurian
    • Avia – avian/bird-like
    • Drakonia – dragon-kind
      • Drakoid – classic, four-legged, winged dragons
      • Wyvernoid – two-legged, winged dragons
        • Kargorok – a species of Wyvernoid
      • Rok – classic "rok" type dragon/avian
    • Reptilia – real-world reptilians, lizards, snakes
    • Aquatilia – aquatic species (fish, amphibians, merfolk)
    • Gargantua – colossal beasts, kaiju-class monsters
    • Bestia – beastfolk (canids, felids, ursids, etc.)
    • Hominoidea – primates, humans, near-humans
      • Valorèin – superhuman offshoots
      • Allarian – near-human, but not baseline
• Mollusca – mollusks, cephalopods, slugfolk
• Arthropoda – insectoids, arachnoids, bugfolk
• Lithoid – crystalline or mineral-based eukaryotes
  • Crystalline Humanoids
    • Aenorian – crystalline, photonic life
• Fungia – fungal, mycelial, "moldfolk"
• Plantia – plants, dryads, walking flora

Siliconya Branches

• Lithoida – crystal or mineral-based
  • Crystalline Humanoids
    • Aenorian
• Quartzine – quartz-based, tribal/colony life
• Metallika – metal-based, golems, living alloys

Bitumenya Branches

• Tarfolk – bitumen-based oozes, sentient "oil" creatures
• Pitchborn – asphaltic, sticky elementals

Energeia Branches

• Plasmid – plasma-based, living fire/lightning
• Spiritus – spirits, aetheric entities
  • Ainèin – e.g., Anèta (Lethurèa)

Mechanika Branches

• Automata – robotic, droid, constructed "life"
• Collective – machine hives, AIs
• Nanites – nanomachine swarms
• Bio-Synthetic – cyborgs, biomechanical hybrids

Divina Branches

• Celestials – gods, angels, primordial beings
• Demons – infernal/chaotic entities
• Manifestations – avatars of metaphysical concepts
• Sherok – divine or cursed species

Sample Lineages

Draconic Example

• Life → Eukarya → Animalia → Vertebrata → Drakonia → Wyvernoid → Kargorok
• Life → Eukarya → Animalia → Vertebrata → Drakonia → Drakoid → Rok

Crystalline Energy Life Example

• Life → Siliconya → Lithoida → Crystalline Humanoids → Aenorian
• Life → Energeia → Spiritus → Ainèin

Near-Human Example

• Life → Eukarya → Animalia → Vertebrata → Mammalia → Hominoidea → Valorèin
• Life → Eukarya → Animalia → Vertebrata → Mammalia → Hominoidea → Allarian

Classification Template

Life → [Superdomain] → [Kingdom/Phylum] → [Class] → [Order] → [Family] → [Genus] → [Species]
Example: Life → Energeia → Plasmid → Pyronid → Vulkorian

Notes

• All branches are open for expansion; taxonomical ranks can be renamed or added for any universe.
• Please create inter-wiki articles for any red-linked taxa or notable species.
• This structure supports science fantasy crossovers and is intended for collaborative worldbuilding.
• For custom “root-to-tip” lineages or deeper phylum lists, see the Species Templates page or contact an admin.

See Also

• Species Templates
• Continuums Universes
• Taxonomy
• Species Index