The other protists
David J. Patterson
- Acantharea (a type of radiolaria)
- Ancyromonas (genus of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Apusomonads (several genera of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Biomyxa (genus of free-living amoebae)
- Centroheliozoa (several genera of heliozoa)
- Cercomonads (several genera of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Chlorarachniophytes (amoeboid organisms with symbiotic algal plastids)
- Coelosporidium (parasitic flagellates)
- Collodictyon (genus of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Copromyxids (slime-mould like protists)
- Cryothecomonas (genus of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Cryptomonads (several genera of algal and heterotrophic flagellates)
- Desmothoracids (several genera of heliozoon-like protists)
- Dimorphids (several genera of heliozoon-like flagellates)
- Diphylleia (genus of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Discocelis (genus of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Ebriids (several genera of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Ellobiopsids (several genera of parasitic flagellates)
- Entamoebidae (several genera of amitochondriate and parasitic amoebae)
- Excavates (flagellates, diplomonads, jakobids, retortamonads, Trimastix, Carpedediemonas, heterolobosea, etc.)
- Euglenozoa (flagellates, euglenids and kinetoplastids)
- Fonticula (a genus of slime-mould-like protists)
- Glaucophytes (protists with photosynthetic endosymbionts)
- Granuloreticulosa (amoebae, mostly Reticulomyxa and foraminifera)
- Gymnophrea (several genera of amoebae)
- Gymnosphaerida (a type of heliozoon)
- Haplosporids (parasitic sporozoa)
- Haptophytes (algal flagellates)
- Kathablepharids (several genera of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Komokiacea (large marine amoebae)
- Luffisphaera (marine protists)
- Ministeria (genus of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Multicilia (genus of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Nephridiophagids (parasitic protists)
- Nucleariidae (amoebae with thin pseudopodia)
- Oxymonads (several genera of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Parabasalids (several genera of parasitic heterotrophic flagellate)
- Paramyxea (parasitic sporozoa)
- Pelobionts (several genera of amitochondriate flagellates)
- Phaeodarea (a type of radiolaria)
- Phagodinium (parasitic flagellates)
- Phalansterium (genus of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Plasmodiophorids (parasitic flagellates)
- Polycystinea (a type of radiolaria)
- Pseudospora (parasitic amoebo-flagellates)
- Ramicristates (most amoebae, including dictyostelid and myxomycete slime moulds and Hyperamoeba)
- Rosette agent (parasitic protist)
- Spironemidae (several genera of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Spongomonads (several genera of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Stephanopogon (genus of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Sticholonche (genus of heliozoa with mobile arms)
- Telonema (genus of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Thaumatomonads (several genera of heterotrophic flagellates)
- Vampyrellids (fungus- and alga-eating amoebae)
- Xenophyophores (large marine amoebae)
Introduction
The taxa listed on this page do not constitute a natural group. Since the phylogenetic relationships among the sixty or so lineages of eukaryotes are as yet unresolved, we are unable to present an overall tree. We have chosen the approach of presenting only a part of the eukaryote diversity in the tree on the Eukaryotes page and allocate an arbitrary collection of lesser known groups to this page. We expect that the number of taxa that are assigned to this page will decrease as future research expands our knowledge of the relationships among protist lineages.
References
Patterson, D. J. 1999. The diversity of eukaryotes. American Naturalist 154 (suppl.):S96-S124.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Entosiphon sulcatum (Euglenozoa) |
|---|---|
| Comments | A heterotrophic euglenid. Phase contrast micrograph of a living cell. |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Copyright | © 2000 David J. Patterson |
| Scientific Name | Myxomycetes |
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| Location | La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica |
| Comments | Plasmodium of a myxomycete slime mould (Ramicristates) dripping from a leaf in the rainforest understory. |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Copyright | © 2000 Greg and Marybeth Dimijian |
About This Page
David J. Patterson
The Josephine Bay Paul Center in Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution
Marine Biological Laboratory
7 MBL Street
Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543
USA
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Page copyright © 2000 David J. Patterson
Citing this page:
Patterson, David J. 2000. The other protists. Version 01 January 2000 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/The_other_protists/2383/2000.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
