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EUKARYOTA (Ch. 18)
- Excavates (18-III)**
- Discoba
- Euglenozoa
- Heterolobosea - Amoeboflagellates
- Metamonada
- Fornicata - Diplomonads (Giardia), Carpediemonas, Retortamonadidae
- Parabasalia - Parabasilids (Trichomonas vaginalis)
- Preaxostyla
- Amoebozoa (18-IV)
- Discosea
- Evosea
- Mycetozoa - Slime Molds
- Entamoebidae - Amoebae (amebiasis disease)
- Tubulinea - Amoebae ("Lobosea")
- SAR
- Rhizaria (18-V)
- Cercozoa
- Endomyxa
- Retaria
- Foraminifera ("Granuloreticulosea")
- Acantharea - Radiolaria
- Polycystinea - Radiolaria
- Alveolata (18-VI) - Alveolates
- Dinophyceae - Dinoflagellates
- Ciliophora - Ciliates (Paramecium, Stentor)
- Apicomplexa - Apicomplexans (Plasmodium - causes malaria)
- Perkinsozoa
- Stramenopiles (18-VII) - Heterokonts
- Oomycota - Water Molds (Mildew, Potato Blight, Downy Mildew)
- Actinophryidae
- Ochrophyta
- Bacillariophyta - Diatoms
- Bolidophyceae
- Chrysophyceae - Golden Algae
- Dictyochophyceae - Silicoflagellates
- Eustigmatophyceae
- Pinguiophyceae
- Raphidophyceae
- Synurophyceae
- PX Clade
- Phaeophyceae - Brown Algae
- Xanthophyceae - Yellow-Green Algae
- Aurearenophyceae
- other Stramenopiles
- Algae (18-VIII)***
- Haptista
- Haptophyta
- Centroplasthelida
- Cryptophyceae - Cryptomonads
- Glaucocystophyceae
- Rhodopyhta - Red Algae (PR-25)*
- Bangiophyceae
- Florideophyceae
- Goniotrichales
- VIRIDIPLANTAE (Ch. 19) >>>
- Opisthokonta (18-IX)
The classification system used on this page is based on the site of the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
*Refers to the system of classification in Five Kingdoms: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth, 3rd Edition, Margulis, Lynn and Schwartz, Karlene V., W.H. Freeman and Company, 1998.
**A grouping proposed by Cavalier-Smith in 2002, not in the NCBI database.
***A grouping used to describe the containing groups only. Not in the NCBI database.
Last updated: 1/17/2024