#kingdom_Protoctista__Protoctista in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals
supertype: #kingdom one of seven biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
member: #protoctist_order the order of protoctista
member: #protoctist any of the unicellular protists
member: #division_Protista__Protista eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae
member: #protist__protistan free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes
member: #protoctist_family any of the families of Protoctista
member: #protoctist_genus any genus of Protoctista
member: #phylum_Protozoa__Protozoa in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers
member: #protozoan__protozoon any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
member: #class_Sarcodina__Sarcodina characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food: Actinopoda; Rhizopoda
member: #sarcodinian__sarcodine protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods
member: #subclass_Actinopoda__Actinopoda heliozoans; radiolarians
member: #actinopod protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods
member: #order_Heliozoa__Heliozoa mostly freshwater protozoa
member: #heliozoan protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods
member: #order_Radiolaria__Radiolaria marine protozoa
member: #radiolarian protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods
member: #subclass_Rhizopoda__Rhizopoda creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers
member: #rhizopod__rhizopodan protozoa characterized by a pseudopod
member: #order_Amoebida__Amoebida__Amoebina__order_Amoebina the animal order including amoebas
member: #genus_Amoeba protozoan inhabiting moist soils or bottom vegetation in fresh or salt water
member: #family_Endamoebidae__Endamoebidae a large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract
member: #genus_Endamoeba__Endamoeba the type genus of the family Endamoebidae
member: #Endamoeba_histolytica the parasitic ameba that causes amebic dysentery in human beings
member: #ameba__amoeba naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
member: #order_Foraminifera__Foraminifera foraminifers
member: #foram__foraminifer marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude
member: #family_Globigerinidae__Globigerinidae a family of protoctists
member: #genus_Globigerina type genus of the family Globigerinidae
member: #family_Nummulitidae__Nummulitidae a family of fossil protoctists
member: #nummulite large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period
member: #order_Testacea__Testacea testacean rhizopods
member: #testacean any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell
member: #family_Arcellidae__Arcellidae soil an freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan
member: #genus_Arcella type genus of the Arcellidae
member: #arcella an amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella
member: #genus_Difflugia genus of protozoans related to Amoeba
member: #difflugia a protozoan with an ovoid shell of cemented sand grains
member: #class_Ciliata__Ciliata__Ciliophora__class_Ciliophora class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle
member: #ciliate__ciliated_protozoan__ciliophoran a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
member: #subclass_Infusoria__Infusoria in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter
member: #infusorian any member of the subclass Infusoria
member: #genus_Paramecium freshwater ciliate with an oval body and long deep oral groove
member: #paramecium__paramecia any member of the genus Paramecium
member: #genus_Tetrahymena protozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles
member: #tetrahymena relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research
member: #genus_Stentor trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnel
member: #stentor any member of the genus Stentor
member: #genus_Vorticella ciliates
member: #vorticella protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
member: #class_Mastigophora__Mastigophora__Flagellata__class_Flagellata protozoa having flagella
member: #flagellate_protozoan__flagellate__flagellated_protozoan__flagellatedprotozoan__mastigophoran__mastigophore usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some pathogens of humans and other animals
member: #order_Dinoflagellata__Dinoflagellata__Cilioflagellata__order_Cilioflagellata in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta
member: #dinoflagellate chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton
member: #genus_Noctiluca a genus of protoctista
member: #noctiluca__Noctiluca_miliaris large bioluminescent marine protozoan
member: #family_Peridiniidae__Peridiniidae marine and freshwater dinoflagellates
member: #genus_Peridinium__Peridinium type genus of the family Peridiniidae
member: #peridinian flagellate with a thick test composed of plates
member: #subclass_Zoomastigina__Zoomastigina in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; holozoic or saprozoic flagellates
member: #zoomastigote__zooflagellate flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics
member: #order_Hypermastigina__Hypermastigina cellulose-producing flagellates
member: #hypermastigote flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites
member: #order_Polymastigina__Polymastigina small usually parasitic flagellates
member: #polymastigote flagellates with several flagella
member: #genus_Costia a genus of flagellate protoctista
member: #costia__Costia_necatrix a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis
member: #genus_Giardia flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates
member: #giardia a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans
member: #genus_Chilomastix__Chilomastix flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates including humans
member: #genus_Hexamita__Hexamita flagellates free-living or parasitic in intestines of birds
member: #genus_Trichomonas flagellates parasitic in alimentary or genitourinary tracts of vertebrates and invertebrates including humans
member: #trichomonad cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds
member: #subclass_Phytomastigina__Phytomastigina plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll; often considered unicellular algae
member: #plantlike_flagellate__plantlikeflagellate unicellular organisms having many characteristics of typical algae
member: #class_Sporozoa__Sporozoa strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites
member: #sporozoan parasitic spore-forming protozoan
member: #subclass_Telosporidia__Telosporidia parasitic sporozoans that form spores containing one or more infective sporozoites
member: #order_Coccidia__Coccidia an order in the subclass Telosporidia
member: #family_Eimeriidae__Eimeriidae a family of protoctista in the order Coccidia
member: #genus_Eimeria type genus of the family Eimeriidae; includes serious pathogens
member: #coccidium__eimeria parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates
member: #order_Gregarinida__Gregarinida an order in the subclass Telosporidia
member: #gregarine vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates
member: #order_Haemosporidia__Haemosporidia an order in the subclass Telosporidia
member: #haemosporidian minute protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in blood cells of vertebrates including many pathogens
member: #family_Plasmodiidae__Plasmodiidae malaria parasites
member: #family_Haemoproteidae__Haemoproteidae bird parasites
member: #haemoproteid related to malaria parasite and having a phase in the viscera of various birds
member: #genus_Haemoproteus__Haemoproteus type genus of the family Haemoproteidae
member: #genus_Leucocytozoon__genus_Leucocytozoan a genus of protoctista
member: #leucocytozoan__leucocytozoon parasitic in birds
member: #family_Babesiidae__Babesiidae piroplasms and cattle pathogens
member: #genus_Babesia__genus_Piroplasma type genus of the family Babesiidae
member: #piroplasm minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals
member: #genus_Plasmodium type genus of the family Plasmodiidae
member: #Plasmodium_vivax__plasmodium__malaria_parasite__malariaparasite parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
member: #subclass_Acnidosporidia__Acnidosporidia a subclass of Sporozoa
member: #order_Sarcosporidia__Sarcosporidia imperfectly known parasites of the muscles of vertebrates
member: #genus_Sarcocystis__Sarcocystis chief genus of the order Sarcosporidia
member: #sarcosporidian__sarcocystidean__sarcocystieian parasite of the muscles of vertebrates
member: #order_Haplosporidia__Haplosporidia an order in the subclass Acnidosporidia
member: #haplosporidian parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance
member: #subclass_Cnidosporidia__Cnidosporidia single-host parasites of lower vertebrates and invertebrates
member: #order_Actinomyxidia__Actinomyxidia parasites of worms
member: #actinomyxidian parasites of worms
member: #order_Mycrosporidia__Mycrosporidia an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia
member: #microsporidian parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells
member: #order_Myxosporidia__Myxosporidia an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia
member: #myxosporidian mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens
member: #division_Heterokontophyta__Heterokontophyta algae having chlorophyll a and usually c, and flagella of unequal lengths; terminology supersedes Chrysophyta in some classifications
member: #division_Chrysophyta__Chrysophyta mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta
member: #golden_algae algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll
member: #yellow-green_algae any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment
member: #class_Chrysophyceae__Chrysophyceae__Heterokontae__class_Heterokontae all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length
member: #class_Xanthophyceae__Xanthophyceae yellow-green algae
member: #class_Bacillariophyceae__Bacillariophyceae__Diatomophyceae__class_Diatomophyceae marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms
member: #diatom microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
member: #order_Heterotrichales__Heterotrichales yellow-green algae with simple or branching filaments; comprising the single family Tribonemaceae
member: #family_Tribonemaceae__Tribonemaceae simple filamentous freshwater yellow-green algae
member: #genus_Tribonema__Tribonema__genus_Conferva type genus of Tribonemaceae
member: #conferva any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water
member: #division_Euglenophyta__Euglenophyta free-swimming flagellate algae
member: #class_Euglenophyceae__Euglenophyceae coextensive with the division Euglenophyta
member: #family_Euglenaceae__Euglenaceae considered green algae
member: #genus_Euglena type genus of the family Euglenaceae: green algae with a single flagellum
member: #euglena minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella; often classed as algae
member: #euglenoid__euglenophyte__euglenid marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism
member: #division_Chlorophyta__Chlorophyta large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants
member: #class_Chlorophyceae__Chlorophyceae algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments
member: #order_Ulvales__Ulvales an order of protoctista
member: #family_Ulvaceae__Ulvaceae__sea-lettuce_family__sealettucefamily thin flat or tubular green algae
member: #genus_Ulva__Ulva type genus of the family Ulvaceae; green seaweed having a thallus two cells thick: sea lettuce
member: #sea_lettuce__sealettuce__laver seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds
member: #order_Volvocales__Volvocales chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial
member: #family_Volvocaceae__Volvocaceae unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates
member: #genus_Volvox__Volvox type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis
member: #family_Chlamydomonadaceae__Chlamydomonadaceae green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome
member: #genus_Chlamydomonas__Chlamydomonas type genus of the Chlamydomonadaceae; solitary doubly-flagellated plant-like algae common in fresh water and damp soil; multiply freely; often a pest around filtration plants
member: #order_Zygnematales__Zygnematales__Zygnemales__order_Zygnemales pond scums; desmids
member: #family_Zygnemataceae__Zygnemataceae pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses
member: #genus_Zygnema__Zygnema type genus of the family Zygnemataceae
member: #pond_scum free-floating freshwater green algae
member: #genus_Spirogyra a genus of protoctista
member: #spirogyra freshwater algae consisting of minute filaments containing spiral chlorophyll bands
member: #order_Chlorococcales__Chlorococcales unicellular green algae that reproduce by spores
member: #genus_Chlorococcum__Chlorococcum type genus of Chlorococcales; unicellular green algae occurring singly or in a layer on soil or damp rock
member: #genus_Chlorella nonmotile unicellular green algae potentially important as source of high-grade protein and B-complex vitamins
member: #chlorella any alga of the genus Chlorella
member: #Oedogoniales__order_oedogoniales simple or branched filamentous freshwater green algae
member: #family_Oedogoniaceae__Oedogoniaceae filamentous green algae
member: #genus_Oedogonium__Oedogonium type genus of Oedogoniaceae; freshwater green algae having long unbranched filaments; usually free-floating when mature
member: #green_algae__greenalgae__chlorophyte algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water
member: #class_Ulvophyceae__Ulvophyceae alternative name for the class Chlorophyceae in some classifications
member: #class_Charophyceae__Charophyceae in some classifications: contains only the order Charales
member: #order_Charales__Charales small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis: stoneworts
member: #family_Characeae__Characeae green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts
member: #stonewort any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits
member: #genus_Chara__Chara green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts
member: #genus_Nitella__Nitella fragile branching stoneworts
member: #family_Desmidiaceae__Desmidiaceae unicellular algae
member: #genus_Desmidium__Desmidium a genus of protoctista
member: #desmid freshwater green algae
member: #division_Rhodophyta__Rhodophyta lower plants; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae
member: #class_Rhodophyceae__Rhodophyceae coextensive with the Rhodophyta: red algae
member: #family_Gigartinaceae__Gigartinaceae a family of protoctista
member: #genus_Chondrus__Chondrus a genus of protoctista
member: #Irish_moss__carrageen__carageen__carragheen__Chondrus_crispus dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
member: #family_Rhodymeniaceae__Rhodymeniaceae a family of protoctista
member: #genus_Rhodymenia__Rhodymenia type genus of the family Rhodymeniaceae
member: #dulse__Rhodymenia_palmata coarse edible red seaweed
member: #family_Bangiaceae__Bangiaceae a family of protoctista
member: #genus_Porphyra__Porphyra a genus of protoctista
member: #red_laver__redlaver__laver edible red seaweeds
member: #red_algae__redalgae marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan
member: #phylum_Cryptophyta__Cryptophyta a phylum in the kingdom Protoctista
member: #class_Cryptophyceae__Cryptophyceae motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae
member: #cryptomonad__cryptophyte common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms
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