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The New Higher Level Classification of Eukaryotes with Emphasis on the Taxonomy of Protists
Author(s) -
ADL SINA M.,
SIMPSON ALASTAIR G. B.,
FARMER MARK A.,
ANDERSEN ROBERT A.,
ANDERSON O. ROGER,
BARTA JOHN R.,
BOWSER SAMUEL S.,
BRUGEROLLE GUY,
FENSOME ROBERT A.,
FREDERICQ SUZANNE,
JAMES TIMOTHY Y.,
KARPOV SERGEI,
KUGRENS PAUL,
KRUG JOHN,
LANE CHRISTOPHER E.,
LEWIS LOUISE A.,
LODGE JEAN,
LYNN DENIS H.,
MANN DAVID G.,
MCCOURT RICHARD M.,
MENDOZA LEONEL,
MOESTRUP ØJVIND,
MOZLEYSTANDRIDGE SHARON E.,
NERAD THOMAS A.,
SHEARER CAROL A.,
SMIRNOV ALEXEY V.,
SPIEGEL FREDERICK W.,
TAYLOR MAX F. J. R.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of eukaryotic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 1066-5234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00053.x
Subject(s) - biology , protist , taxonomy (biology) , multicellular organism , monophyly , evolutionary biology , phylogenetic tree , phylogenetics , protozoa , systematics , zoology , botany , genetics , clade , gene
. 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.