Superkingdoms

Opisthokonts

Opisthokonts

Posterior flagellum, animals, fungi and choanoflagellates

Multicellular, no chloroplasts

Fungi

Opisthokont

Uni or multicellular

Chitin cell wall

External digestion

Play a role in decomposition of dead organisms

Amboebozoans

Pseudopods

Sort of multicellular,

No chloroplasts

Physarum

Amboebozoan

Plasmodial slime mold

Terrestrial, scavenger, move by cytoplasmic streaming

Amoeba

Aquatic, eat via Phagocytosis, predator scavenger or parasite, flexible cell membrane and cytoskeleton

Dictyostelium

Amboebozoan

Cellular slime mold

Cells retained from spores

Single cells aggregate when dry or starved

Rhizarians

aquatic, long pseudopods, marine

Foraminiferans

Radiolarians

Unicellular, no chloroplasts

Foraminiferans

Shells of calcium carbonate

Limestone source

Pseudopods ensnare plankton

Radiolarians

Rhizarian

Glassy endoskeleton

Largest unicellular eukaryotes

Can have photosynthetic endosymbiants dinoflagellates

Archaeplastids

Land plants, green algae, red algae

Multicellular and have chloroplasts

Land plants

Archaeplastid

Red algae

Archaeplastid

Marine, photosynthetic, chlorophyll a, phycoerythrin

Green algae

Archaeplastid

Chlorophyll a, b like land plants

Uni or multicellular

Examples: Volvox, sea lettuce

Stramenopiles

Have unequal flagella

Diatoms

Brown algae

Multicellular, have chloroplasts

Diatoms

Single celled

Silica in cell walls

Aquatic fresh and salt

Photosynthetic-storage products oils

Earth filtration

Brown algae

Can be multicellular

Photosynthetic chlorophyll a,c brown pigments

Sea palms, kelp

Source of emulsifiers of ice cream

Endosymbiosis

Cyanobacteria, vesicle from red algae, red algae, vesicle from brown algae, brown algae

Alveolates

Sacs under cell membrane

Unicellular, have chloroplasts

Ciliates, dinoflagellates and apicomplexans

Ciliate (paramecium)

Body covered with cilia

Fresh water

Sex equal exchange of nuclei

Dingoflagelates

Red tides

Found as endosymbiants

Apicomplexans (Plasmodium)

Parasite causing malaria

Nonfunctional chloroplasts

Life cycle in mosquitoes

Excavates

Unicellular, lacking mitochondria, surface groove

Have chloroplasts

Giardia, Euglena,Trypanosome

Giardia

Excavate

Diplomonad

Many flagella

Lacks mitochondria

Freshwater parasite

Euglena

Excavate

Euglenid

Photosynthetic in dark

Eats

Anterior flagellum

Trypanosome

Excavate

Kinetipastid

Parasite causing sleeping sickness