Palæos:		Eukaryotes / Protists
KINGDOMS OF LIFE		Crown Eukaryotes

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<==o "Crown Eukaryotes" (animals, plants, fungi, stramenopiles, etc.)
   |?- Clathrulidae [Heliozoa: Desmothoracida]
   |?- Cochlosomidae [Zoomasticophora incertae sedis:]
   |?- Opalinidae [Opalinata: Opalinida]
   |?-o STELLATOSPOREA
   |  |--o OCCLUSOSPORIDA
   |  |  `-- Marteiliidae
   |  `--o BALANOSPORIDA
   |     |-- Haplosporiidae
   |     `-- Anurosporiidae
   |?- CHRYSOMONADIDA [Chrysophyceae]
   |?- CHLOROMONADIDA [Chloromonadophyceae]
   |?- HAPTOMONADIDA [Haptophyceae, Prymesilda, Prymnesiophyceae]
   |?- SILICOFLAGELLIDA [Dictyochophyceae]
   |?-o KINETOPLASTIDA
   |  |--o BODONINA
   |  |  `-- Bodomidae
   |  `--o TRYPANOSOMATINA
   |     `-- Trypanosomatidae
   |?-o PROTEROMONADIDA
   |  `-- Proteromonadidae
   |?-o TRICHOMONADIDA [Zoomasticophora:]
   |  |-- Monocercomonadidae
   |  |-- Devescovinidae
   |  |-- Calonymphidae
   |  `-- Trichomonadidae
   |?-o HYPERMASTIGIDA [Zoomasticophora:]
   |  |--o LOPHOMONADINA
   |  |  |-- Lophomonadidae
   |  |  |-- Joeniidae
   |  |  `-- Kofoidiidae
   |  `--o TRICHONYMPHINA
   |     |-- Hoplonymphidae
   |     |-- Staurojoeninidae
   |     |-- Eucomonymphidae
   |     |-- Trichonymphidae
   |     |-- Teranymphidae
   |     |-- Spirotrichosomidae
   |     `-- Holomastigidae
   |--+-- Telonema
   |  |-- Ramicristates 
   |  |-- Phalansterium 
   |  |-- Luffisphaera 
   |  |-- Leucodictyon 
   |  |-- Diphylleia 
   |  |-- Caecitellus 
   |  |-- Histiona 
   |  |-- Sticholonchidae [Heliozoa: Taxopodida]
   |  |-- Paramyxidae [Paramyxea: Paramyxida]
   |  |-- Cercomonadidae [Zoomasticophora incertae sedis:] (Cercomonads)
   |  |--o CHLORARACHNIOPHYTA
   |  |  |-- Lotharella globosa
   |  |  |-- Lotharella amoeboformis
   |  |  |-- Gymnochlora stellata
   |  |  `--+-- Chlorarachnion reptans 
   |  |     `?- Cryptochlora perforans
   |  |?-o ACANTHAMOEBAE [Lobosa: Acanthopodina]
   |  |  |-- Acanthamoebidae
   |  |  `-- Echinamoebidae
   |  |-- ALVEOLATES (dinoflagellates, sporozoans, ciliates, etc.) [are classified as animals, within Protozoa]
   |  |-- STRAMENOPHILES (brown algae, diatoms, oomycetes, chrysophytes, etc.) 
   |  |-- ACANTHAREA [Actinopoda:] [Acantharia] 
   |  |--o ACONCHULINIDA
   |  |  |-- Nucleariidae [however, see basal mitochondrial eukaryotes for alternative position]
   |  |  `-- Vambyrellidae
   |  |-- Thaumatomonads 
   |  |-- Spongomonads 
   |  |-- Pseudospora 
   |  |-- Pseudodendromonads 
   |  |-- PHAEODARIA[Phaeodarean radiolaria]
   |  |-- Kathablepharids 
   |  |-- Haptophytes 
   |  |-- EBRIIDA [Zoomasticophora:] (Ebriids)
   |  |-- Discocelis 
   |  |-- Desmothoracids 
   |  |-- Cryothecomonas 
   |  |-- Copromyxids 
   |  |-- Apusomonads 
   |  `--o ACTINOPHRYIDA [Heliozoa: Actinophryida] (Actinophryids)
   |     |-- Ciliophyridae
   |     |-- Actinophryidae
   |     `-- Actinosphaeridae
   `--+-- Cryptophyceae [Phytomastigophora: Cryptomonadida] (Cryptomonads)
      |-- Ancyromonas 
      |-- PLASMODIOPHORIDA [Plasmodiophorea: Plasmodiophorida] (Plasmodiophorids)
      |-- CENTROHELIDA [Heliozoa: Centrohelida] (Centrohelid heliozoa)
      |--+-- Cyanophorids
      |  `--+-- RHODOPHYTA(red algae) 
      |     `-- CHLOROBIONTA (green algae & land plants)
      `--o OPISTHOKONTA(opisthokonts)
         |--+?- MICROSPORA [Microsporidia]
         |  `-- FUNGI 
         `--+--o CHOANOFLAGELLIDA(collar-flagellates, choanoflagellates)
            |  |-- Conodosigidae
            |  |-- Salpingoecidae
            |  `-- Acanthoecidae
            `--+?- MYXOZOA [Cnidospora] 
               `-- METAZOA (multicelluar animals)

Ishida, K.-i. & McFadden, G. I., 2001: Chlorarachniophytes. --iNet: The Tree of Life:
http://phylogeny/arizona.edu/

Patterson, D. J. & Sogin, M. L., 2000: Eukaryotes (Eukaryota) --iNet: The Tree of Life:
http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/eukaryotes/eukaryotes.html

Sogin, M. L. & Patterson, D. J., 1995-1998: Crown Eukaryotes --iNet: The Tree of Life:
http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/eukaryotes/crown_eukaryotes.html
[this version no longer available?]

Sogin, M. L. & Patterson, D. J., 1995-1998: Eukaryotes --iNet: The Tree of Life:
http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/eukaryotes/crown_eukaryotes.html
[this version no longer available?]

Sogin, M. L. & Patterson, D. J., 1995-1998: Mitochondrial Eukaryotes --iNet: The Tree of Life:
http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/eukaryotes/crown_eukaryotes.html
[this version no longer available?]