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Protists by Mind Map: Protists

1. Unikonts

1.1. Ameobas

1.1.1. Protus - large, free-living amoeba

1.1.2. Entameoba Hystolytica - ameobic dysentry

1.2. Slime Molds

1.2.1. Cellular Slime Molds

1.2.1.1. Dictyostelium

1.2.2. Plasmodial Slime Molds

1.2.2.1. Physarium

2. Excavates

2.1. Diplonomads

2.1.1. Giardia Lamblia - Hiker's Diarrhea

2.2. Parabasalids

2.2.1. Trichonomous - STD

2.2.2. Trichonmympha - in termites' guts

2.3. Kinteoplasmids

2.3.1. T. Cruzi - Chagas diseases

2.3.2. T. Brucei - sleeping disease

2.3.3. Leishmannia - casuses leishmannaisis

2.4. Euglenoids

2.4.1. Euglena - green scum

3. Rhizaria

3.1. Foraminiferans

3.2. Radiolarian

4. Chromalveolates

4.1. Alveolates

4.1.1. Ciliates

4.1.1.1. Paramecium

4.1.1.2. Didinium

4.1.2. Dinoflaggelates

4.1.2.1. Gymnodinium

4.1.2.2. Noticluca - bioluminescent

4.1.2.3. Karenia - gulf red tide

4.1.2.4. Pfisteria - lesions on fish

4.1.3. Apicomplexans

4.1.3.1. Plasmodium - malaria

4.2. Stramenophiles

4.2.1. Oomycetes

4.2.1.1. Saprolegnia - fuzz on fish

4.2.1.2. Phytophora - potato blight

4.2.2. Diatoms

4.2.2.1. Thalassiosira

4.2.3. Rhodophyta

4.2.3.1. Porphyra - sushi nori

4.2.3.2. Gracilaria - Jello agar

4.2.3.3. Eucheuma - commercial gels

4.2.4. Coccolithophores

4.2.4.1. Cliffs of Dover

4.2.5. Golden Algae

4.2.5.1. Prymnesium Parium - Fish kills in TX

4.2.6. Green and Red Algae

4.2.6.1. Chlorophytes

4.2.6.1.1. Chlydomonas

4.2.6.1.2. Volvox

4.2.6.1.3. Spirogyra - filamentous alga

4.2.6.1.4. Chaldophora - filamentous alga

4.2.6.1.5. Ulva - sea lettuce

4.2.6.1.6. Charophytes

4.2.7. Pharophytes (Brown Algae)

4.2.7.1. Sargasso - tropical weed

4.2.7.2. Marcocytis - temperate kelp

4.2.7.3. Fucus - Asian kelp