| A | B |
|---|
| Amoebozoa | synapomorphy: move using relatively large lobe-shaped pseudopodia |
| Phylum Gymnamoeba | amorphous (change shape readily) |
| Phylum Entamoeba | similar to free-living amoebas, but are parasites of animals (feed on host tissues or cells but usually don’t kill host) |
| Phylum Acrasiomycota | found in fresh water and on rotting vegetation |
| Phylum Myxomycota | also called phylum Myxogastrida (this is what is used in your lab manual |
| Opisthokonta | synapomorphies |
| includes traditional kingdoms Fungi and Animalia | Opisthokonta* |
| lack sexual reproduction, cell walls, flagella | Phylum Gymnamoeba* |
| Up to 10 million Americans may be infected by parasitic amoebas | Phylum Entamoeba* |
| important lab organism: Dictyostelium discoideum – used to study development in multicellular organisms | Phylum Acrasiomycota* |
| feeding phase is plasmodium, a nonwalled, multinucleated mass | Phylum Myxomycota* |
| coral reefs | partially made of coralline red algae, which have calcium carbonate forming part of their cell walls |
