Protozoa
See also: protozoa
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + ζῷα (zôia, “animals”).
Proper noun edit
Protozoa
- Protozoans; eukaryotes that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, and usually nonphotosynthetic, placed either as:
Usage notes edit
- The taxonomy of these organisms is not yet settled.
Synonyms edit
- (phylum): Plastidozoa
Hyponyms edit
- (phylum): Sarcomastigophora, Sporozoa, Cnidospora, Ciliophora - subphyla
- (kingdom): Adictyozoa, Dictyozoa - subkingdoms
- or
- or
- (kingdom): Eozoa, Sarcomastigota - subkingdoms[1]
Coordinate terms edit
References edit
- Protozoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Protozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Protozoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Protista at the Tree of Life Web Project
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248"