┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ First organic kingdom: UNICELLULAR, protista. │ │ │ │Organisms which as a rule remain unicellular │ │throughoutlife (_monobia_), less frequently they │ │form loose cell communities (_cœnobia_) by │ │repeated cleavage, but never real tissues. │ │ │ │ Sub─kingdom of the protista. │ ├───────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┤ │ A. PRIMITIVE PLANTS │ B. PRIMITIVE ANIMALS │ │ (protophyta). │ (protozoa). │ │ │ │ │ A. Character: │ B. Character: │ │ Plasmodomous. │ Plasmophagous. │ │ │ │ │ Unicellulars with │ Unicellulars with │ │ vegetal metabolism: │ animal metabolism: │ │ Carbon─assimilation. │ Albumin─assimilation. │ │ │ │ │ CHIEF GROUPS: │ CHIEF GROUPS: │ │ │ │ │ I. Phytomonera │ I. Zoomonera. │ │ │ │ │Protophyta without nucleus │ Protozoa without nucleus │ │ (monera) │ (monera). │ │ Chromacea │ Bacteria. │ │ │ │ │ II. Algariæ. │ II. Sporozoa. │ │ │ │ │Unicellular algæ with │ Nucleated protozoa without │ │nucleus, without ciliary │ mobile processes: Gregarinæ, │ │motion: Paulotomea, │ chytridinæ. │ │diatomea. │ │ │ │ │ │ III. Algettæ. │ III. Rhizopoda. │ │ │ │ │Unicellular algæ with │ Nucleated protozoa with │ │nucleus, and with ciliary │ pseudopodia: Labosa, │ │motion: Mastigota, │ radiolaria. │ │melthallia, siphonea. │ │ │ │ IV. Infusoria. │ │ │ │ │ │ Nucleated protozoa with │ │ │ cilia or lashes: │ │ │ Flagellata, ciliata. │ └───────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┘