Protist Diversity

Miranda Redmond

Outline

• A Quick Review– Systematics– Homologous vs. Analogous traits– Monophyletic groups

• Protists

3 Domains of Life

Evolution of Classification

Linnaeus17352 kingdoms

Haeckel18663 kingdoms

Chatton19252 empires

Copeland19384 kingdoms

Whittaker19695 kingdoms

Woese et al.19776 kingdoms

Woese et al.19903 domains

(not treated) Protista

Prokaryota Monera Monera

Eubacteria Bacteria

Archaebacteria Archaea

Eukaryota

ProtistaProtista Protista

EukaryaVegetabilia Plantae

Fungi Fungi

Plantae Plantae Plantae

Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_%28biology%29#Five_kingdoms

3 Domains of Life

3 Domains of Life

Unikonta

Archaeplastida Rhizaria Chroalveolata

Excavata

Protists are VERY diverse!!!

Euglenozoans

CiliatesBrown algae

Gymnamoebas

Giardia

Why are protists important?

Why are protists important?

• Disease – “Beaver Fever”– Red Tide – Malaria – Toxoplasmosis – African Sleeping Sickness

Microscopes!

No lab Report!• 20 point Quiz in 2 weeks on both protist and animal

diversity• you can use p. 29-30 on the Quiz, so take careful

observations!