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# eukaryote
Eukaryotes (members of the **Eukaryota** domain) are organisms whose cells have a membrane-bound nucleus.[^1] All [[animals]], [[plants]], [[fungi]], seaweed, and many unicellular organisms are eukaryotes.[^2]
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## classification of eukaryotes
| EUKARYOTA | Colloquial | Notes |
| ------------------------------ | ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [[animals\|Animalia (Domain)]] | [[animals]] | |
| [[fungi\|Fungi (Domain)]] | [[fungi]] | |
| [[plants\|Plantae (Domain)]] | [[plants]] | |
| Protista | protists (incl. seaweed) | any eukaryotic organism which is NOT an animal, land plant, or fungus is a protist.[^3] |
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## characteristics of eukaryotes
### sexual reproduction
[[Sexual reproduction is nearly universal for eukaryotes.]][^5]
- see also: [[life#reproduction]]
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## predators, parasites, and parasitoids
[[Predators and parasitoids help keep plant-eating insects in check.]][^6]
- **NT:** [[hypocrealeans#Ophiocordyceps unilateralis (zombie-ant fungus)|zombie-ant fungus]]
[^1]: ‘Eukaryote’, Wikipedia, last edited 12 January 2026, 02:26 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryote.
[^2]: ‘Eukaryote’, Wikipedia, last edited 7 January 2026, 16:15 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryote.
[^3]: ‘Protist’, Wikipedia, last edited 7 January 2026, 16:15 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protist.
[^4]: ‘Eukaryote’, Wikipedia, last edited 7 January 2026, 16:15 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryote; ‘Protist’, Wikipedia, last edited 7 January 2026, 16:15 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protist.
[^5]: Doris Bachtrog et al., ‘[[Bachtrog et al., ‘Sex Determination’, 2014|Sex Determination: Why So Many Ways of Doing It?]]’, *PLOS Biology*, vol. 12, no. 7 (2014), p. 1, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001899.
[^6]: ‘[[Australian Museum, ‘Predators, Parasites and Parasitoids’, 2022|Predators, Parasites and Parasitoids]]’, *Australian Museum*, updated 6 April 2022, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/predators-parasites-and-parasitoids/.