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PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos #microphotos
Protozoa 29 August 2004 Mid-west Yorkshire England 4
Protozoa 13 February 1977 West Sussex England 1

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Phylum ACRASIOMYCOTA Whittaker, 1969 (acrasid cellular slime moulds)         5  
Genus Actinophrys (sun animalcules)   1   8    
Genus Actinosphaerium (sun animalcules)       7    
Aggregate Amoeba s.l. (a group of protists)     1 9    
Genus Coleps (a genus of protists)   1        
Genus Cothurnia (a protozoan)       2    
Phylum DICTYOSTELIOMYCOTA W.B. Kendr., 1992 (cellular slime moulds)         3  
Genus Epistylis (a genus of protists)   1   8    
Class FORAMINIFERA (forams)     2   1  
Genus Lacrymaria (Zool.) (a genus of protists)   2        
Genus Mayorella (a genus of amoebae)       2    
Genus Monocystis (a protozoan)           1
Genus Monodinium (a genus of protists)   1        
Phylum MYXOMYCOTA Traub, 1962 (slime moulds) 105 231 253 290 39 126
Genus Ophrydium (a genus of protists)   12 2      
Genus Paramecium (a genus of protists)   1        
Phylum PLASMODIOPHOROMYCOTA Whittaker, 1969 (a phylum of protozoan slime moulds) 4   2   3 6
Genus Pleuronema (a genus of protists)   1        
Genus Rhabdostyla (a genus of protists)   1   6    
Phylum RHIZOPODA 13          
Order TESTACEA (Testate amoebae) 13     90 2  
Genus Spirostomum (a genus of protists)       15    
Genus Stentor (a genus of protists)   7   20    
Genus Stylonchia (a genus of protists)       4    
Genus Tokophyra (a genus of protists)   1        
Genus Vorticella (a protozoan)       4    

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Curds, C.R., Gates, M.A. & McRoberts, D., 1982 British and Other Freshwater Ciliated Protozoans (Part 2) Ciliophora: Oligohymenophora & Polyhymenophora
Curds, C.R., 1982 British and Other Freshwater Ciliated Protozoans (Part 1) Ciliophora: Kinetophragminophora
Finlay, BJ, Rogerson, A, & Cowling, AJ., 1988 A Beginner's Guide to the Collection, Isolation, Cultivation and Identification of Freshwater Protozoa
Guthrie, M., 1989 Animals of the Surface Film
Hingley, M., 1993 Microscopic Life in Sphagnum
Larink, O. & Westheide, W., 2006 (Marine planktonic forms) Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas
Patterson, DJ., 1996 Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa - a colour guide

General Works

Microscope discussion group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/microscope/join E-forum
The Natural History Museum: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/ Web Site/Page

PROTOZOA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

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