Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Taxonomic Groups of Organisms

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The Tree of Life

Relationships of the organism groups according to S. Adl et al., 2012

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00644.x

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

https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12691

Taxonomic Groups of Organisms

currently covered in Protisten.de

Prokaryota

Eubacteria

Eukaryota

Amoebozoa

Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida, Glaucophyta, Rhodophyceae

Cryptista

Excavata (Discoba)

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

SAR-Alveolata
Ciliata, Dinoflagellata

SAR-Rhizaria
Cercozoa, Formainifera

Metazoa (Holozoa)

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