TrimastixAlastair Simpson and Vladimir Hampl This tree diagram
shows the relationships between several groups of organisms. The
root of the current tree connects the organisms featured in this
tree to their containing group and the rest of the Tree of Life.
The basal branching point in the tree represents the ancestor of
the other groups in the tree. This ancestor diversified over
time into several descendent subgroups, which are represented as
internal nodes and terminal taxa to the right. You can click on
the root to travel down the Tree of Life all the way to the root
of all Life, and you can click on the names of descendent
subgroups to travel up the Tree of Life all the way to
individual species.close box General appearance, and apomorphies
Trimastix cells are roughly pyriform (teardrop-shaped), and
about 10-25 micrometres long, depending on the species (Kent,
1880-2, Klebs, 1893, Bernard et al., 2000; See title
illustrations and Fig. 1). Cells are usually observed swimming
freely, not attached to a surf