#phylum_Protozoa__Protozoa in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers
supertype: phylum (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
member of: kingdom_Protoctista
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
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