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Mastigophora
Flagellates with or without chloroplasts, phytomastigotes are possibly derived from secondary endosymbiosis of eukaryotic algae into the cells of zoomastigotes: Choanoflagellates, Cryptomonads, Euglena, etc
Ciliophora
Cell body covered with cilia, nulcei differentiate to macro- and micronuclei, cilia also differentiate to unique structures (cirri, membranelle, etc), many species: Paramecium, Stentor, Vorticella, etc.
Sarcodia
Cell body plastic with amoeboid movement, Heliozoa contain radially-arranged axopodia, Amoeba are with or without tests: Actinophrys, Amoeba, Arcella, Difflugia, etc
Chlorophyta
Cell body with chloroplasts containing chlorophyll a and b, Chlorophyceae (Chlamydomonas, Volvox, Pediastrum, Scenedesmus, etc), Gamophyceae (Spirogyra), Charaphyceae
Heterokontophyta
Cell body with long and short flagella, Chrysophyceae (Dinobryon, Synura, etc.), Xanthophyceae (Vaucheria), Bacillariophyceae
Mycota
A group of fungi. Oomycota (Dictyuchus, Achlya, Saprolegnia).
Opalinata
Cell body covered with many cilia like ciliates, but without macro- and micronuclear differentiation: Symbionts in the intestine of frogs
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Prokaryotes
Bacteria, Cyanophyta
Metazoa
Rotifer, etc.
Others
Bryophyta, Fungi



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This database is supported by the "Soken-Taxa" project "Construction of Biological Image Databases" at The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, and by the "Bio-Resource" project "Fundamental research and development for databasing and networking culture collection information" at JST (Japan Science and Technology Corporation).