What is the classification of a Kingdom Monera?

Kingdom Monera - All the organisms of this kingdom are prokaryotes. Complex structure was the basis of classification of organisms, many centuries ago. According to R.H. Whittaker's five kingdom classification all the bacteria were placed under the Kingdom Monera. read more

Kingdom Monera - All the organisms of this kingdom are prokaryotes. Complex structure was the basis of classification of organisms, many centuries ago. According to R.H. Whittaker's five kingdom classification all the bacteria were placed under the Kingdom Monera. read more

The taxon Monera was first proposed as a phylum by Ernst Haeckel in 1866. Subsequently, the phylum was elevated to the rank of kingdom in 1925 by Édouard Chatton. The last commonly accepted mega-classification with the taxon Monera was the five-kingdom classification system established by Robert Whittaker in 1969. read more

Modern-day of taxonomy has accepted the five kingdom classification of R. H. Whittaker. The basis of his classification is cell structure, mode, and source of nutrition and body design. Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia are the five kingdoms which were introduced by Whittaker. read more