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Eukaryotes other than animals, plants or fungi
A protist (/ˈproʊtɪst/ PROH-tist) or protoctist is any eukaryotic organism that is not an animal, land plant, or fungus. Protists do not form a natural
Protist
Classification of eukaryotes
A protist (/ˈproʊtɪst/) is any eukaryotic organism (one with cells containing a nucleus) that is not an animal, plant, or fungus. The protists do not form
Protist_classification
Protective shell of a type of eukaryotic organism
Coccolithophore shells Many protists have protective shells or tests, usually made from silica (glass) or calcium carbonate (chalk). Protists are a diverse group
Protist_shell
Anti-protist or antiprotistal refers to an anti-parasitic and anti-infective agent which is active against protists. Unfortunately due to the long ingrained
Anti-protist
Genus of protozoans
Unda is a genus of Amoebozoa. Sutherland Maciver. "The Amoebae". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved June 25, 2009. v t e
Unda_(protist)
Cellular body type
are no longer classified together in one group. The best known amoeboid protists are Chaos carolinense and Amoeba proteus, both of which have been widely
Amoeba
Domain of life whose cells have nuclei
traditionally grouped into four kingdoms, namely animals, plants, fungi and protists, the lattermost being a basal paraphyletic group that includes all algae
Eukaryote
Protists that live in saltwater or brackish water
Marine protists Marine protists are defined by their habitat as protists that live in marine environments, that is, in the saltwater of seas or oceans
Marine_protists
Clade of archaeplastids
†Tuanshanzia †Valeria †Vernanimalcula ¹non-protist groups *possibly paraphyletic groups bold denotes groups with over 1,000 species Taxonomy of protists
Rhodaria_(protist)
Superorder of protists
Euglyphia is a group of imbricate protists in the phylum Cercozoa. They are unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a cell body covered in large imbricate
Euglyphia_(protist)
The Protist is an American, California based electronic/dance band, formed in 2007 by brothers Matt and Justin Kleiner. They are also known for their
The_Protist
Genus of plant pathogen
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Pustula_(protist)
Motion system of a type of eukaryotic organism
Protists are the eukaryotes that cannot be classified as plants, fungi or animals. They are mostly unicellular and microscopic. Many unicellular protists
Protist_locomotion
Genus of slime mould
Metatrichia is a genus of slime moulds within the family Trichiaceae. Circumscribed in 1964 by Bruce Ing, the genus currently contains six species. Metatrichia
Metatrichia_(protist)
Clade of protists
group of protists, considered a major clade within Eukaryota. They are currently grouped with the Stramenopiles and Rhizaria among the protists with tubulocristate
Alveolate
Centrohelid algae
Yogsothoth /ˈjɔgsəˌθɑθ/ is a genus of centrohelid protists, distinguished by the shape and arrangement of their external scales as well as their colonial
Yogsothoth_(protist)
Genus of single-celled organisms
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Bremia_(protist)
Scientific journal focusing on protists
Protist is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on protists. It was founded as Archiv für Protistenkunde by editor Fritz Schaudinn in 1902, and
Protist_(journal)
Species of cercozoan
member of the family Astracanthidae. They are an unusual family of marine protists, but can be found across all oceans, from tropical to Arctic and Antarctic
Astracantha
Genus of single-celled organisms
Craspedodiscus is a genus of diatoms in the family Coscinodiscaceae. Wikispecies has information related to Craspedodiscus. Einige vorläufige Resultate
Craspedodiscus_(diatom)
Genus of protists
Bonamia is a genus of protists belonging to the family Haplosporiidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Bonamia exitiosa Hine, Cochennac
Bonamia_(protist)
Group of amoebae
Corycidia (alternatively spelt Corycida) is a clade of amoeboid protists within the eukaryotic supergroup Amoebozoa. It contains all amoebae of the families
Corycidia
Rulebooks of taxonomic nomenclature, in biology
of the first names established under that code. Some protists, sometimes called ambiregnal protists, have been considered to be both protozoa and algae
Nomenclature_codes
Species of single-celled organism
Cladospongia is a genus of choanoflagellate. The type species (C. elegans) is found in India (Madras). Cladospongia, a new member of the Craspedomonadaceae
Cladospongia_elegans
Clade of eukaryotes
kingdoms: animals, plants, fungi and protists. In the late 20th century, molecular phylogenetic analyses revealed that protists are a paraphyletic assortment
Diaphoretickes
Genus of single-celled organisms
Cafeteria is a genus of marine bicosoecid described in 1988 by Tom Fenchel and D. J. Patterson. It was created after the discovery of a new species, Cafeteria
Cafeteria_(genus)
Genus of flagellates
Dinema, synonym Dinematomonas, is a genus of flagellated algae in the phylum Euglenozoa. Like other members of the family Anisonemidae, Dinema consists
Dinema_(protist)
Genus of single-celled organisms
Lankesterella is a genus in the phylum Apicomplexa. Species in this genus infect amphibians, reptiles and birds. The type species is Lankesterella minima
Lankesterella_(alveolate)
Clade of eukaryotes
The stramenopiles, also called heterokonts, are protists distinguished by the presence of stiff tripartite external hairs. In most species, the hairs are
Stramenopile
Process of pairing in biology
term mating also applies to similar processes in fungi and unicellular protists. Additionally, in ethology "mating" refers to the sexual activity between
Mating
Microscopic living organism
multicellular organisms as well as many unicellular protists and protozoans that are microbes. Some protists are related to animals and some to green plants
Microorganism
Clade containing animals and some protists
It consists of various subgroups, namely Metazoa (or animals) and the protists Choanoflagellata, Filasterea, Pluriformea and Ichthyosporea. Along with
Holozoa
Provision to cells and organisms to support life
Protists include all eukaryotes that are not animals, plants, or fungi, resulting in great diversity between them. Algae are photosynthetic protists that
Nutrition
which is primarily photosynthetic but also capable of ingesting other protists such as ciliates, Cochlodinium polykrikoides, which feeds on phytoplankton
Predatory_dinoflagellate
Cell membrane engulfing a large particle
amoeba-like alga, Actinophyrys sol (a heliozoan) mentioning details of how the protist engulfed and swallowed (the process now called endocytosis) a small organism
Phagocytosis
Act of voluntarily ingesting feces
one another's feces as a means of obtaining their hindgut protists. Termites and protists have a symbiotic relationship (e.g. with the protozoan that
Coprophagia
Species of single-celled organism
slender "neck". The classification has been attributed to Müller (1786). The protist is notable for its ability to extend its "neck" by up to thirty times the
Lacrymaria_olor
Country in South Asia
of them animal species, 18 plant species and one species of "fungi or protist" group. These include the endangered Bengal tiger, the red panda, the Asiatic
Nepal
Genus of single-celled organisms
Garnia is a genus of parasitic alveolates belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa. The genus was created in 1971 by Lainson et al. Ulike members of the Plasmodiidae
Garnia_(alveolate)
Basic unit of life forms
single-celled or multicellular. Single-celled eukaryotes include most protists, some species of fungi (yeasts), and some species of algae. Multicellular
Cell_(biology)
Genus of algae
"Integrative taxonomy of the Pavlovophyceae (Haptophyta): a reassessment". Protist. 162 (5): 738–761. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.05.001. PMID 21715228. Green
Rebecca_(protist)
Species of sorocarpic protist
Sorodiplophrys stercorea is a sorocarpic protist known for its unique multicellular fruiting structures called sorocarps. It exhibits a form of aggregative
Sorodiplophrys_stercorea
Sequence database of DNA barcoding
for 318,105 formally described species covering animals, plants, fungi, protists (with ~8.9 million specimens). BOLD is freely available to any researcher
Barcode_of_Life_Data_System
Taxonomic rank
phyla of protists, thought to have secondarily lost their chloroplasts, were integrated into the kingdom Chromista. Finally, some protists lacking mitochondria
Kingdom_(taxonomy)
Fine hair-like growth on plants
are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants, algae, lichens, and certain protists. They are of diverse structure and function. Examples are hairs, glandular
Trichome
Membrane-bound organelle in cells containing fluid
membrane-bound organelle which is present in plant and fungal cells and some protist, animal, and bacterial cells. Vacuoles are essentially enclosed compartments
Vacuole
Organism that consists of more than one cell
hard to separate colonial protists from true multicellular organisms, because the two concepts are not distinct; colonial protists have been dubbed "pluricellular"
Multicellular_organism
Parasitic disease caused by a protozoan
are not closely related to one another. While the terms protozoan and protist are usually discouraged in modern biosciences, this terminology is still
Protozoan_infection
A protist is any eukaryotic organism (that is, an organism whose cells contain a cell nucleus) that is not an animal, plant, or fungus. While it is likely
Protists_in_the_fossil_record
Single-celled organisms
character of the kingdom of protists. Ba. "Character of the protist Individualities. The essential tectological character of protists lies in the very incomplete
Protozoa
Hard shell of some spherical marine animals
biology, a test is the hard shell of some spherical aquatic animals and protists, notably sea urchins and microorganisms such as testate foraminiferans
Test_(biology)
In the history of the Linnaean classification system, many taxa (e.g. species, genera, families, and higher taxonomic ranks) have become defunct or obsolete
List_of_obsolete_taxa
Taxonomic rank
kingdoms, such as Protozoa and Chromista in the Cavalier-Smith system. Protist taxonomy has long been unstable, with different approaches and definitions
Phylum
Group of protists
known as breviate amoebae, are a group of free-living, amitochondriate protists with uncertain phylogenetic position. They are biflagellate, and can live
Breviatea
Science of classifying organisms
Thomas Cavalier-Smith, who published extensively on the classification of protists, in 2002 proposed that the Neomura, the clade that groups together the
Taxonomy_(biology)
Practice of humans eating other humans
Scavenger Necrophage Surplus killing Trophallaxis Antipredator adaptation Carnivorous plant Carnivorous fungus Carnivorous protist Category:Eating behaviors
Human_cannibalism
Family of single-celled organisms
Cassidulinidae is a family of Paleocene to recent benthic foraminifera (amoeboid protists) that make up part of the rotaliid superfamily Cassidulinoidea, characterized
Cassidulinidae
Order of single-celled organisms
"Molecular Phylogeny of the Widely Distributed Marine Protists, Phaeodaria (Rhizaria, Cercozoa)". Protist. 166 (3): 363–373. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2015.05.004
Phaeodendrida
Cellular appendage functioning as locomotive or sensory organelle
(zoospores), and from a wide range of microorganisms to provide motility. Many protists with flagella are known as flagellates. A microorganism may have from one
Flagellum
Group of predatory microbes
eukaryotes made up of predatory microbes, whose name implies something such as "protists devouring voraciously". It was reported that ten strains were isolated
Provora
Body of salt water covering most of Earth
is essential to life on Earth, harbouring most of Earth's animals and protist life. It originated photosynthesis and therefore Earth's atmospheric oxygen
Ocean
Family of protists
Massisteriidae is a family of granofilosean protists within the phylum Cercozoa. Massisteriidae contains two genera: Massisteria Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Massisteriidae
Species of single-celled organism
the protist exhibits an unusual life cycle of alternating autotrophy and heterotrophy. Genetic sequencing (of 18S rRNA gene) revealed that the protist can
Hatena_arenicola
Fusion of gametes from the same individual
of protists have also been observed using autogamy as a means of reproduction. Flowering plants engage in autogamy regularly, while the protists that
Autogamy
Genus of single-celled organisms
nov. (Chlamydophryidae, Cercozoa), a Soil Dwelling Protist Feeding on Fungi and Algae". Protist. 167 (2): 93–105. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2016.01.001. PMID 26874465
Lecythium
Method of feeding in some heterotrophic organisms
protective shells of other protists, and is thought to have evolved as a feeding strategy for eukaryotes. Predatory feeding by protists likely imposed selective
Myzocytosis
Family of protozoa
Sainouridae is a family of cercozoan protists, currently classified within the superfamily Sainouroidea. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Lewis, Rhodri; Chao, Ema
Sainouridae
Thick, gluey substance produced by nearly all plants and some microorganisms
nearly all plants and some microorganisms. The eukaryotic microorganisms protists use it for their locomotion, with the direction of their movement always
Mucilage
Organisms that live in salt water
communities that encompass all aquatic animals, plants, algae, fungi, protists, single-celled microorganisms and associated viruses living in the saline
Marine_life
Species of single-celled organism
Stentor coeruleus (pronunciation) is a protist in the family Stentoridae which is characterized by being a very large ciliate that measures 0.5 to 2 millimetres
Stentor_coeruleus
digestive vacuole, is an organelle found in simple eukaryotes such as protists. This organelle is essentially a lysosome. During the stage of the symbiont
Food_vacuole
Group of single-celled microbes
Discoba is a diverse lineage of single-celled protists with two flagella. It is one of the main supergroups of eukaryotes, robustly supported by phylogenetic
Discoba
Practice of eating oneself
Scavenger Necrophage Surplus killing Trophallaxis Antipredator adaptation Carnivorous plant Carnivorous fungus Carnivorous protist Category:Eating behaviors
Autocannibalism
Group of amoebae closely related to fungi
lipid globules. They have relatively simple cells in comparison to other protists: they lack flagella, cytoplasmic microtubules, extrusomes, and special
Nucleariid
Mitochondrial genetic code in heterokont protists
table 23) is a genetic code found in the mitochondria of the labyrinthulid protist Thraustochytrium aureum. The mitochondrial genome was sequenced by the
Thraustochytrium mitochondrial code
Thraustochytrium_mitochondrial_code
Group of microorganisms with two flagella
Opisthokonta, the lineage that includes animals, fungi and an array of related protists. Because of this, apusomonads occupy an important phylogenetic position
Apusomonad
status Plants (kingdom Plantae) — List of critically endangered plants Protists (various groups) — List of Chromista by conservation status On 29 January
Lists of IUCN Red List species
Lists_of_IUCN_Red_List_species
Species of single-celled organism
sporozoites. The only confirmed hosts for C. cayetanensis are humans. The protist pathogen lives out its lifecycle intracellularly within the host's epithelial
Cyclospora_cayetanensis
This list of sequenced protist genomes contains all the protist species known to have publicly available complete genome sequences that have been assembled
List of sequenced protist genomes
List_of_sequenced_protist_genomes
Species of protist
Cristae that is Phylogenetically Distant from other Flagellate Groups". Protist. 153: 59–70. doi:10.1078/1434-4610-00083. PMID 12022276. "SPECIES Diphylleia
Diphylleia_rotans
Supergroup of eukaryotic microbes
although its exact position in this group is unclear. While this clade of protists is not particularly species-rich compared to other supergroups, the species
Disparia
paraphyletic. Under another style of protist classification, this group belongs in Opisthosporidia. This too is paraphyletic. Protists that have accepted the current
Rozellomyceta
Genus of protists
Tunicaraptor is a genus of marine microbial protists containing the single species Tunicaraptor unikontum, discovered in 2020 from marine waters of Chile
Tunicaraptor
Group of protists with at least one whip-like appendage
produce cells with flagellae, but the primitive fungal chytrids do. Many protists take the form of single-celled flagellates. Flagella are generally used
Flagellate
Predator at the top of a food chain
Scavenger Necrophage Surplus killing Trophallaxis Antipredator adaptation Carnivorous plant Carnivorous fungus Carnivorous protist Category:Eating behaviors
Apex_predator
Genus of fungi
from the insect in its feces. Nephridiophaga was originally placed in the protist order Haplosporidia, though not all researchers agreed, with some placing
Nephridiophaga
Group of protists with spherical bodies
Heliozoa, commonly known as sun-animalcules, are microbial eukaryotes (protists) with stiff arms (axopodia) radiating from their spherical bodies, which
Heliozoa
Obsession with drinking blood
Scavenger Necrophage Surplus killing Trophallaxis Antipredator adaptation Carnivorous plant Carnivorous fungus Carnivorous protist Category:Eating behaviors
Clinical_vampirism
Autotrophic members of the plankton ecosystem
comprising photosynthesizing bacteria (cyanobacteria) and various unicellular protist groups (notably the diatoms). Most phytoplankton are too small to be individually
Phytoplankton
List of largest organisms on Earth
2015-06-30 at the Wayback Machine. Waynesword.palomar.edu "Protist Images: Euglena gigas". Protist Information Server. 2004. "The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species:
Largest_organisms
Genus of heliozoan protists
informal group known as heliozoa, which are unicellular eukaryotes (or protists) that are heterotrophic (also known as protozoa) and present slender, radiating
Actinosphaerium
Genus of Bikosea, a small group of unicellular flagellates
oxygen environments: Rictus lutensis gen. et sp. nov.(Bicosoecida, incertae sedis). Protist, 161(2), 264-278. Data related to Rictus at Wikispecies v t e
Rictus_lutensis
British pathologist and cancer researcher (1860–1940)
Protists And Disease by J. Jackson Clarke". The British Medical Journal (3246): 475. 1923. "Reviewed Work: Protists and Disease. Vegetable Protists;
J._Jackson_Clarke
Group of single-celled organisms
Leander B.S. (2006). "Ebriid phylogeny and the expansion of the Cercozoa". Protist. 157 (3): 279–90. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2006.03.002. PMID 16730229. Chantangsi
Cercozoa
Group of flagellates
Anisonemia is a clade of single-celled protists belonging to the phylum Euglenozoa, relatives of the Euglenophyceae algae. They are flagellates, with two
Anisonemia
Genus of protists
once considered to be fungi, but phylogenetic evidence suggests they are protists related to both fungi and animals. Ichthyophonus gasterophilus (Caullery
Ichthyophonus
Taxonomic database
Code of Zoological Nomenclature for zoology (covering animals, zoological protists, and trace fossils attributable to the activities of animals), the International
Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Interim_Register_of_Marine_and_Nonmarine_Genera
Kingdom of organisms
higher level classification of eukaryotes with emphasis on the taxonomy of protists". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 52 (5): 399–451. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408
Plant
Substance consumed for nutrition
dead organisms). Primary producers include algae, plants, bacteria and protists that acquire their energy from sunlight. Primary consumers are the herbivores
Food
Genus of ferns
number of chromosomes out of all known organisms, falling short to the protist Sterkiella histriomuscorum. Adders-tongues are so-called because the spore-bearing
Ophioglossum
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Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Greek Esaias, ESA means "God is salvation."
Boy/Male
Tamil
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Heat
Male
Egyptian
, an Egyptian officer.
Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Kashmiri, Marathi, Rajasthani, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Goddess of Victory; Honour of Victory
Boy/Male
Tamil
Panchavaktra | பஂசாவகà¯à®¤à¯à®°
Five faced, Lord Hanuman
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English
God is Gracious; Variant of Jane
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone living by a lake or river, from Middle English by ‘by’, ‘beside’ + water ‘water’.Irish : pseudo-translation (due to confusion with sruth ‘stream’) of Gaelic Ó Srutháin ‘descendant of Sruithán’, a personal name from a diminutive of sruith ‘sage’, ‘elder’. Bywater is found as the English form of this Gaelic name in County Cork, while in Mayo the usual Anglicization is Ryan.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name, possibly from Dalling in Norfolk, which was named in Old English as ‘the place of the people (-inga-) of Dall(a)’.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Night
Male
Danish
, a boy, lad.
PROTIST
PROTIST
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PROTIST
n.
One of the Protista.
pl.
of Protiston
n. pl.
A provisional group in which are placed a number of low microscopic organisms of doubtful nature. Some are probably plants, others animals.
n.
One of the Protista.