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Protista
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Pro`tis´ta
n. pl.1.(Zool.) A provisional group in which are placed a number of low microscopic organisms of doubtful nature. Some are probably plants, others animals.
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Noun1.Protista - eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae
division Protista
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
protist, protistan - free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes
division - (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
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The most commonly identified secondary organisms in the category two erosions were small protistans (Fig.
A description of the pathology of epizootic shell disease in the ... by Hsu, Andrea / Journal of Shellfish Research
Petersen and Hansen (1960) were the first to describe new species of a group of protistans known as heliozoa based on the electron microscopy of their scales.
Freshwater heliozoa (protista, heliozoa) from Indiana by Wujek, Daniel E. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
ABSTRACT A total of 22 scale-bearing protistans was observed from 27 freshwater sites in the Gulf Coast States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and eastern Texas.
Freshwater scaled heterotrophic protistans from four Gulf States, ... by Wujek, Daniel E. / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
 
 
 
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