What are you?

Almost 300 years ago Carl von Linne published Systema Naturae. Does his system of classification still work today? That is our statement of inquiry for the grade 7 unit about classification. 

This article describes a new organism that doesn't fit into the categories we have previously defined. 

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29054889

What can be done to make them fit?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/05/deep-sea-mushrooms-defy-classification_n_5768708.html

Its name Dendrogramma enigmatic refers to the branching of it's digestive canals which look like a tree shaped diagram. Dendro refers to trees. The name enigmatica was given because this secies is a puzzle. So far it has been place in the animal kingdom and into the the phylum Incertae sedis which is Latin for uncertain placement. You can read more about Incertae sedis here.

What do you think?