Taxonomy

All life in the Compliens Universe is subdivided into four groups - Compliens, Raethians, Mogurians, and non-Complien creatures. Compliens, Raethians, and Mogurians are categorized based on body shape (discussed in scientific names), but NCCs are split into four levels of classification: domain, kingdom, genus, and species.
==Domain==
There are four domains - Eukarya, Prokarya, Viridae, and Mechana.
*Eukarya - all organic creatures with membrane-bound organelles
*Prokarya - organic creatures with no organelles that can reproduce without a host
*Viridae - organic creatures with no organelles without a way to reproduce by themselves
*Mechana - fully nonorganic creatures
A special domain exists for elementals. Elemental scientific names are structured elementali species, with no kingdom or genus.
*Elementalis - creatures made from pure complixonox
==Kingdoms==
There are several kingdoms for each domain.
===Eukarya===
*Plantae - autotrophic organisms that photosynthesize
*Animalia - heterotrophic organisms with flexible cell membranes
*Fungi - heterotrophic organisms with chitinous cell walls
*Energae - organisms that absorb energy from ambient heat, electricity, the magical field, etc.
===Prokarya===
*Bacteria - all organic prokaryotes
===Viridae===
*Viridae - organic creatures with nucleic acids, but no organelles
*Prionae - organic creatures with no organelles nor nucleic acids
===Mechana===
*Mechanergae - autotrophic or ambient energy-absorbing non-organic NCCs
*Mechanimalia - heterotrophic non-organic NCCs
==Genus==
There are too many genuses to count, but each genus contains several related NCCs that have similar traits and are in the same kingdom.
==Species==
Similarly, there are too many species to count. Each individual in a species can only reproduce with another of its species.
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