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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

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PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)

Sets of Photographs

These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.

Taxon Summary # images # photos # microphotos Date Vice-county Country
Protozoa 4 4 29 Aug 2004 Mid-west Yorkshire England
Protozoa 3 3 28 Apr 2010 Dorset England
Protozoa 1 1 13 Feb 1977 West Sussex England

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs
Phylum ACRASIOMYCOTA Whittaker, 1969 (acrasid cellular slime moulds)         4
Class CILIATA (ciliates)         1
Genus Coleps (a genus of protists)   1      
Genus Cothurnia (a protozoan)       2  
Genus Epistylis (a genus of peritrich ciliates)   1   8  
Class FORAMINIFERA (forams) 1   2 4 7
Genus Lacrymaria (Zool.) (a genus of protists)   2      
Genus Mayorella (a genus of amoebae)       2  
Genus Monodinium (a genus of protists)   1      
Phylum MYXOMYCOTA Traub, 1962 (slime moulds) 63 351 134 290 62
Genus Ophrydium (a genus of protists)   14      
Genus Paramecium (a genus of protists)   1      
Phylum PLASMODIOPHOROMYCOTA Whittaker, 1969 (a phylum of protozoan slime moulds) 3   2   6
Genus Pleuronema (a genus of protists)   1      
Genus Rhabdostyla (a genus of protists)   1   6  
Subkingdom SARCOMASTIGOPHORA (rhizopods and flagellates) 17 2   130 6
Genus Spirostomum (a genus of protists)       15  
Class SPOROZOA (sporozoans)         1
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 genus of protozoans)       5  

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Kreutz, M. & Foissner, W., 2006 The Sphagnum Ponds of Simmelreid in Germany: a biodiversity hot-spot for microscopic Organisms

Freshwater

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
Macan, T.T., 1959 A Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates
Patterson, DJ., 1996 Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa - a colour guide

Marine

Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1990 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe
Plankton
Larink, O. & Westheide, W., 2006 Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas
Larink, O. & Westheide, W., 2011 Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas (2nd ed)

Parasitic species

Avery, R.A., 1974 (parasites of selected hosts) Identification of Animal Parasites
Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973 The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 48 general literature references to PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)

PROTOZOA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 374 feeding and other relationships of PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)

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