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Welcome to Wikispecies, a free directory of life!

Wikispecies is an open, free directory of species. It covers Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Bacteria, Archaea, Protista and all other forms of life. So far we have 161,681 taxonomic entries.

Wikispecies is free, because life is in the public domain!

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See Wikipedia on taxonomy for information on the Linnaean classification of species.
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Superregnum Archaea
Superregnum Bacteria
Superregnum Eukarya
- Regnum Protista
- Regnum Fungi
- Regnum Plantae
- Regnum Animalia
Virus (classification still unclear)

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