Protist diversity and phylogeny

Protists can be single cells, colonial, or multicellular. Some are autotrophs and others heterotrophs.Protists can be single cells, colonial, or multicellular. Some are autotrophs and others heterotrophs.

ancestral cells diplomonads parabasalids Flagellated trypanosomes Protozoans euglenoids radiolarians foraminifera ciliates dinoflagellates Alveolates apicomplexans water molds diatoms Stramenopiles brown algae red algae Chlorophyte algae Green Charophyte algae Algae land plants amoebas . Amoebozoans slime molds fungi choanoflagellates animals