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Kingdom Protista by Mind Map: Kingdom Protista

1. Green and Red Algae

1.1. Chlorophytes

1.1.1. Chlydomonas

1.1.2. Volvox

1.1.3. Spirogyra - filamentous alga

1.1.4. Chaldophora - filamentous alga

1.1.5. Ulva - sea lettuce

1.1.6. Charophytes

1.2. Rhodophyta

1.2.1. Porphyra - sushi nori

1.2.2. Gracilaria - Jello agar

1.2.3. Eucheuma - commercial gels

2. Unikonts

2.1. Ameobas

2.1.1. Protus - large, free-living amoeba

2.1.2. Entameoba Hystolytica - ameobic dysentry

2.2. Slime Molds

2.2.1. Cellular Slime Molds

2.2.1.1. Dictyostelium

2.2.2. Plasmodial Slime Molds

2.2.2.1. Physarium

3. Excavates

3.1. Diplonomads

3.1.1. Giardia Lamblia - Hiker's Diarrhea

3.2. Parabasalids

3.2.1. Trichonomous - STD

3.2.2. Trichonmympha - in termites' guts

3.3. Kinteoplasmids

3.3.1. T. Cruzi - Chagas diseases

3.3.2. T. Brucei - sleeping disease

3.3.3. Leishmannia - casuses leishmannaisis

3.4. Euglenoids

3.4.1. Euglena - green scum

4. Rhizaria

4.1. Foraminiferans

4.2. Radiolarian

5. Chromalveolates

5.1. Alveolates

5.1.1. Ciliates

5.1.1.1. Paramecium

5.1.1.2. Didinium

5.1.2. Dinoflaggelates

5.1.2.1. Gymnodinium

5.1.2.2. Noticluca - bioluminescent

5.1.2.3. Karenia - gulf red tide

5.1.2.4. Pfisteria - lesions on fish

5.1.3. Apicomplexans

5.1.3.1. Plasmodium - malaria

5.2. Stramenophiles

5.2.1. Oomycetes

5.2.1.1. Saprolegnia - fuzz on fish

5.2.1.2. Phytophora - potato blight

5.2.2. Diatoms

5.2.2.1. Thalassiosira

5.2.3. Coccolithophores

5.2.3.1. Cliffs of Dover

5.2.4. Golden Algae

5.2.4.1. Prymnesium Parium - Fish kills in TX

5.2.5. Pharophytes (Brown Algae)

5.2.5.1. Sargasso - tropical weed

5.2.5.2. Marcocytis - temperate kelp

5.2.5.3. Fucus - Asian kelp