Taxonomic Groups of Organisms
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Relationships of the organism groups according to S. Adl et al., 2012
Readjustment of the origins of the phylogenetic branches of the organism groups near the root of the tree of life, according to S. Adl et al. 2019
Taxonomic Groups of Organisms
currently covered in Protisten.de
Prokaryota
Eubacteria
Eukaryota
Amoebozoa
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida, Glaucophyta, Rhodophyceae
without Flagella
with Flagella
without Desmids
without Flagella
with Flagella
without Flagella
with Flagella
without Desmids
without Flagella
with Flagella
Cryptista
without Chloroplasts
without Chloroplasts
Excavata (Discoba)
without Chloroplasts
without Chloroplasts
Haptista
Centroplasthelida, Haptophyta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa, Nucletmycea
(The Choanoflagellata are on the root of the Metazoa, the Nucleariidae are on the root of the fungi)
SAR-Stramenopiles
without Flagella
with Flagella
Algae
without Chloroplasts
(Labyrinthulomycetes)
without Flagella
with Flagella
Algae
without Chloroplasts
(Labyrinthulomycetes)
SAR-Alveolata
Ciliata, Dinoflagellata
with Chloroplasts
without Chloroplasts
with Chloroplasts
without Chloroplasts
SAR-Rhizaria
Cercozoa, Formainifera
(Euglyphids)
(Euglyphids)
Metazoa (Holozoa)
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New items
discoides
gibba
cassis
elongata
oblonga
bathystoma
capreolata
var. masurica
globulosa
truncata
parva
globularis
fimbriata
chinensis
wailesii
concinnus
filifera
lineare
urceolata
enchelys
oblonga
artocrea
crenulata
spec.
brevicolla
placentula
var. euglypta
bryophila
spiralis
galeata
mitrata
gibbosa
didelta
immanata
acuminata
granulata
mucosa
var. laevicincta
rectum
bacillifera
brevicaulis
nasutum
striolatum
teliferum
pseudopyramidatum
New items
discoides
gibba
cassis
elongata
oblonga
bathystoma
capreolata
var. masurica
globulosa
truncata
parva
globularis
fimbriata
chinensis
wailesii
concinnus
filifera
lineare
urceolata
enchelys
oblonga
artocrea
crenulata
spec.
brevicolla
placentula
var. euglypta
bryophila
spiralis
galeata
mitrata
gibbosa
didelta
immanata
acuminata
granulata
mucosa
var. laevicincta
rectum
bacillifera
brevicaulis
nasutum
striolatum
teliferum
pseudopyramidatum