Key to colors: DOMAIN, KINGDOM,Phylum,Subphylum,Class,Subclass,Order,Family
Links can be any color, but all links are underlined.
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EUKARYA (Ch. 18)
- Petalonamae
- Excavata (18-III)
- Euglenozoa (PR-12)*
- Fornicata
- Heterolobosea - Amoeboflagellates (PR-3, PR-12)*
- Parabasalia - Parabasilids (Trichomonas vaginalis) (PR-1, PR-30)*
- Malawimonas
- Preaxostyla
- Jakobida (PR-30)*
- (Fornicata - Diplomonads (Giardia), Carpediemonas, Retortamonadidae (PR-1)*, Oxymonadida (PR-1)*?)
- Protozoa
- Biciliata
- Rhizopoda
- Sarcomastigophora
- Nemkovella
- Praedorothia
- Sarcodina
- Rhizaria (18-V)
- Retaria
- Foraminifera ("Granuloreticulosea", PR-4)*
- Radiolaria (Polycystinea - (PR-27)*, Acantharea - Radiolaria)
- Gromia
- Haplosporidia (PR-22)*
- Cercozoa (PR-6, PR-27)*
- (Plasmodiophorida (PR-19)*, Paramyxea (PR-23)*)
- Chromalveolata
- Haptophyta (Haptophyceae (PR-10)*?)
- Alveolata (18-VI) - Alveolates
- Dinophyceae - Dinoflagellates (PR-7)*
- Ciliophora - Ciliates (Paramecium, Stentor) (PR-8)*
- Apicomplexa - Apicomplexans (Plasmodium - causes malaria) (PR-9)*
- Cryptophycae (Cryptophyta - Cryptomonads (PR-11)*?)
- Archaeplastida (18-VIII)
- Chloroplastida
- Rhodophyceae
- Glaucophyta (Glaucocystophyceae?)
- Biliphyta/Rhodopyhta - Red Algae (PR-25)*
- Chlorobiota (Viridiplantae) (Ch. 19) >>>
- PLANTAE (Ch. 21) >>>
- FUNGI (Ch. 24) >>>
- Opisthokonta (18-IX)
OTHER- Grypania spiralis - Field
- Amoebozoa (18-IV)
- Archamoebae
- Pelomyxidae ("Pelobiontida", PR-1)*
- Entamoebidae - Amoebae (amebiasis disease) (PR-3)*
- Mastigamoebidae
- Centramoebida
- Acanthamoebidae - Amoebae (PR-3)*
- Balamuthiidae
- Tubulinea - Amoebae ("Lobosea", PR-3)*
- Mycetozoa - Slime Molds (PR-3, PR-6)*
- Flabellinea
- Himatismenida
- Stramenopiles (18-VII) - Heterokonts
- Oikomonadaceae (PR-12, PR-30)*
- Chrysophyceae - Golden Algae (PR-13)*
- Eustigmatophyceae (PR-15)*
- Bacillariophyta - Diatoms (PR-16)*
- PX Clade
- Phaeophyceae - Brown Algae (PR-17)*
- Xanthophyceae - Yellow-Green Algae (PR-14)*
- Aurearenophyceae
- Labyrinthulomycetes (PR-18)*
- Oomycetes - Water Molds (Mildew, Potato Blight, Downy Mildew) (PR-20)*
- Hyphochytriomycetes (PR-21)*
- Actinophryidae (PR-27)*
- Dictyochophyceae (PR-27)*
- Biocosoecida (PR-30)*
- Slopalinida (PR-30)*
- Bolidophyceae
- Pinguiophyceae
- other Stramenopiles
- Algae (18-VIII)***
The classification system used on this page is based on the site of the Paleobiology Database.
*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.
***A grouping used to describe the containing groups only.