Derived Traits
o Very diverse, hard to list without
getting specific
Groups within Unikonts
o Amoebozoans
Lobe, tube-shaped pseudopodia
Slime Molds
Amoebozoans
Slime Molds
Plasmodial
Cellular
Opisthokonts
Animals
Nucleariids
Chytrids
Other Fungi
Basidiomycetes
Ascomycetes
Zygomycetes
Glomeromycetes
Excavata
Nota:
Derived Traits
o Excavated feeding groove
o Some have modified mitochondria
Example: Giardia (diplomonad parasite)
o Cause of Giardiasis 2 equal sized nucle