The new higher level classification of eukaryotes with emphasis on the taxonomy of protists.
This revision of the classification of unicellular eukaryotes updates that of Levine et al. (1980) for the protozoa and expands it to include other protists. Whereas the previous revision was primarily to incorporate the results of ultrastructural studies, this revision incorporates results from both ultrastructural research since 1980 and molecular phylogenetic studies. We propose a scheme that is based on nameless ranked systematics. The vocabulary of the taxonomy is updated, particularly to clarify the naming of groups that have been repositioned. We recognize six clusters of eukaryotes that may represent the basic groupings similar to traditional "kingdoms." The multicellular lineages emerged from within monophyletic protist lineages: animals and fungi from Opisthokonta, plants from Archaeplastida, and brown algae from Stramenopiles.
Adl
Sina M
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Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada.
Simpson
Alastair G B
AG
Farmer
Mark A
MA
Andersen
Robert A
RA
Anderson
O Roger
OR
Barta
John R
JR
Bowser
Samuel S
SS
Brugerolle
Guy
G
Fensome
Robert A
RA
Fredericq
Suzanne
S
James
Timothy Y
TY
Karpov
Sergei
S
Kugrens
Paul
P
Krug
John
J
Lane
Christopher E
CE
Lewis
Louise A
LA
Lodge
Jean
J
Lynn
Denis H
DH
Mann
David G
DG
McCourt
Richard M
RM
Mendoza
Leonel
L
Moestrup
Ojvind
O
Mozley-Standridge
Sharon E
SE
Nerad
Thomas A
TA
Shearer
Carol A
CA
Smirnov
Alexey V
AV
Spiegel
Frederick W
FW
Taylor
Max F J R
MF
D000828:Animal Population Groups / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000145:classification*; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification; D010933:Plankton / Q000145:classification