Species-scape: biomass in the world ecosystem

When I presented this picture to the group, I said that it was a portrait of a specific ecosystem... Wrong! It actually depicts numbers of known species globally. Original Caption: This infographic, titled Species-scape, purports to show various species at sizes relative to the number of known species in that group. Insects, represented by the fly, is the largest (at about 900,000 known species). If you're wondering where we are, humans (and other mammals) are represented by te reindeer underneath the mushroom."