Condensed greatly from Tree of Life for taxa from Kingdom Protista covered in Zool250

BASAL EUKARYOTA
(P/B refers to Pearse/Pearse/Buchsbaum/Buchsbaum, 1987, Living Invertebrates)

     =================== Diplomonads (P/B phylum Metamonadida, zooflagellate, Giardia)
     |
     |            ================================= TO CROWN EUKARYOTES ===>
<<=E=|         ===|
     |   ======|  = ? == Entamoebae (P/B phylum Amoebozoa, rhizopod sarcodine group, Amoeba)
     |   |     |  
     =Mt=|     ==  ? === Granuloreticulosa (P/B phylum Granuloreticulosa, foramenifera)
         |
         |          =Cp= Euglenids (P/B phylum Euglenida, phytoglagellate group, Euglena)
         =Euglenozoa|
                    ==== Kinetoplastida (zooflagellate group, Trypanosoma)

Traits mapped on above tree:

E= eukaryote traits (mitosis, membrane-bound organelles including: nucleus, rough endoplasmic reticulum, golgi apparatus?, lysosomes?)
Mt= mitochondria present
Cp= chloroplast present

CROWN EUKARYOTES (condensed greatly from Tree of Life on WWW)

               =======BGM========================================= TO Metazoa ===>
          =DCh=|
        ==|    === Choanoflagellates (P/B phylum Choanoflagellata, zooglagellate group)
        | |
        | ===M==== Fungi  (mushrooms, molds, yeast, etc.)
     ===|
     |  |  ==Cp=== Chlorophyceae (green algae, Chlamydamonas, Volvox, phytoflagellate group)
     |  |==|
     |  |  ==M==== Embryophytes (land plants)
     |  |
     |  =====MCp== Rhodophyta (red algae)
     |
     |     ==N==== ciliates (P/B phylum Ciliophora; Paramecium, Stentor, Spirostoma)
<<===|     |
     |  ===|  =Cp= dinoflagellates (P/B phylum Dinoflagellata, phytoflagellate)
     |  |  ===|
     |  |     ==== Euapicomplexa (P/B phylum Apicomplexa, sporozoan, Plasmodium)
     ===|
        |====MCp== Stramenopiles (incl. P/B phylum Diatomae= diatoms, brown algae & other taxa)
        |
        =====Cp==== "radiolaria" (P/B phylum Acantharia, Phaeodaria, actinopod sarcodine)

Traits mapped on above tree:

B= blastula
Ch= choanocyte (monociliated cells with ring of microvilli around cilium)
D= diplosome
G= collagen
Cp= chloroplast
M= multicellularity
N= micro- & macro-nucleus

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