Table 3.
Photosynthetic eukaryotic lineages resulting from symbiogenesis.
| Taxonomic Group | Symbiogenetic Origin |
|---|---|
| Archaeaplastida | |
| Green algae (Chlorophyta) | Primary cyanobacterial endosymbiosis |
| Glaucophytes (order Chlorococcales) | Primary cyanobacterial endosymbiosis |
| Red algae (Rhodophyta) | Primary cyanobacterial endosymbiosis |
| Land plants (Embryophyta) | Primary cyanobacterial endosymbiosis |
| Euglyphid amoeba Paulinella chromatophora | Primary cyanobacterial endosymbiosis (Synechococcus-Prochloron clade) |
| Euglenids (flagellated algae) | Secondary green algal endosymbiosis |
| Chlorarachniophytes (marine algae) | Secondary green algal endosymbiosis |
| Chromalveolates (multiple lineages including organisms responsible for a large fraction of atmospheric oxygen, such as brown algae, coccolithotrphs, cryptophytes and diatoms) | Secondary red algal endosymbiosis |
| Dinoflagellates (flagellated marine and fresh water protists) | Tertiary chromalveolate endosymbiosis or serial green or red alga endosymbioses |
| Warnowiid dinoflagellates with camera eye-like “ocelloids” | Ocelloid “cornea” formed by mitochondria and “retina” formed by red algae-derived plastids |
A referenced version of this table is available online as Supplementary Table S3.