Protista

[MichaelXY]

Does anyone know of a good link for a phylogentic tree of protista. One that breaks it down well. I am confused where the Ameba sits on the tree. My book says psuedopodia, but I do not see that in any of the phyla trees.

Thanks

[tursiopstruncatus]

Ameobae are psuedopods. It means "false foot". They form a little extension of their cytoplasm and push the rest of their bodies into it.

[MichaelXY]

A year late, but thanks anyways. That was a question from my zoology class days. I think I was looking for a phylogentic tree of protista which I never found, and have since, not cared so much. I never asked what psuedopod meant, but thanks anyways...

[February Beetle]

I believe the tree for Protists are one big polytomy... we can't really figure how any other them are related. But I think maybe they know a few of the Subphylums are.

http://tolweb.org/Eukaryotes/3

I like protists, so we can still talk about them, right? So interesting because their evo is so far back, it is hard to tell the evo of these little guys!

[MrMistery]

it depends on what type of tree you're looking for: according to classical or molecular systematics. Now we classify the Protista by the degree of endosymbiosis.

[February Beetle]

Could you lead me to information on that tree? That is pretty neat stuff.

[MrMistery]

unfortunately systematics if one of the last things on my list of preferences, so your guess is as good as mine.