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Opisthokonts

Posterior flagellum, animals, fungi and choanoflagellates

Multicellular, no chloroplasts

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Fungi

Opisthokont

Uni or multicellular

Chitin cell wall

External digestion

Play a role in decomposition of dead organisms

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Amboebozoans

Pseudopods

Sort of multicellular,

No chloroplasts

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Physarum

Amboebozoan

Plasmodial slime mold

Terrestrial, scavenger, move by cytoplasmic streaming

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Amoeba

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

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Dictyostelium

Amboebozoan

Cellular slime mold

Cells retained from spores

Single cells aggregate when dry or starved

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Rhizarians

aquatic, long pseudopods, marine

Foraminiferans

Radiolarians

Unicellular, no chloroplasts

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Foraminiferans

Shells of calcium carbonate

Limestone source

Pseudopods ensnare plankton

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Radiolarians

Rhizarian

Glassy endoskeleton

Largest unicellular eukaryotes

Can have photosynthetic endosymbiants dinoflagellates

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Archaeplastids

Land plants, green algae, red algae

Multicellular and have chloroplasts

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Land plants

Archaeplastid

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Red algae

Archaeplastid

Marine, photosynthetic, chlorophyll a, phycoerythrin

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Green algae

Archaeplastid

Chlorophyll a, b like land plants

Uni or multicellular

Examples: Volvox, sea lettuce

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Stramenopiles

Have unequal flagella

Diatoms

Brown algae

Multicellular, have chloroplasts

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Diatoms

Single celled

Silica in cell walls

Aquatic fresh and salt

Photosynthetic-storage products oils

Earth filtration

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Brown algae

Can be multicellular

Photosynthetic chlorophyll a,c brown pigments

Sea palms, kelp

Source of emulsifiers of ice cream

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Endosymbiosis

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

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Alveolates

Sacs under cell membrane

Unicellular, have chloroplasts

Ciliates, dinoflagellates and apicomplexans

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Ciliate (paramecium)

Body covered with cilia

Fresh water

Sex equal exchange of nuclei

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Dingoflagelates

Red tides

Found as endosymbiants

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Apicomplexans (Plasmodium)

Parasite causing malaria

Nonfunctional chloroplasts

Life cycle in mosquitoes

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Excavates

Unicellular, lacking mitochondria, surface groove

Have chloroplasts

Giardia, Euglena,Trypanosome

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Giardia

Excavate

Diplomonad

Many flagella

Lacks mitochondria

Freshwater parasite

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Euglena

Excavate

Euglenid

Photosynthetic in dark

Eats

Anterior flagellum

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Trypanosome

Excavate

Kinetipastid

Parasite causing sleeping sickness