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Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,
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Common Names
"Eukaryotes" is typically regarded as the proper name for these organisms in the British Isles and the East Hemisphere, while American authors generally speak of "eucaryotes". It can be argued that the "k" is better as it reflects the original Greek root word.
Latin Synonyms
Eucarya Woese
Eukarya
Linnaean Rank
Domain
Ancestral Phylogeny and Taxonomy
| Terrabiota | Acytota | Viruses | |
| Cytota | Bacteria | ||
| Neomura | Archaea | ||
| Eukaryota | |||
Explanation of phylogenetic trees
Lineage
Terrabiota, Cytota, Neomura
Descendant Phylogeny and Taxonomy
| Eukaryota | Bikonta | Rhizaria | ||
| Excavata | ||||
| Chromalveolata | ||||
| Archaeplastida | Glaucophyta | |||
| Rhodophyta | ||||
| Plantae | ||||
| Apusozoa | ||||
| Unikonta | Amoebozoa | |||
| Opisthokonta | Fungi | |||
| Cristidiscoidea | ||||
| Mesomycetozoea | ||||
| Animalia | ||||
| Eukaryota inc sed. | Collodictyonida | |||
| Centrohelida | ||||
Explanation of phylogenetic trees
Morphology
Distribution
Ecology
Ethology
Evolution
Development
Ethnobiology
Population
Notes and Comments
References
Literature
Information on the Internet
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