#phylum_Protozoa__Protozoa  in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers
  supertype:  phylum  (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
  member of:  kingdom_Protoctista
  member:  protozoan__protozoon  any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
  member:  class_Sarcodina__Sarcodina  characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food: Actinopoda; Rhizopoda
     member:  sarcodinian__sarcodine  protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods
     member:  subclass_Actinopoda__Actinopoda  heliozoans; radiolarians
        member:  actinopod  protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods
        member:  order_Heliozoa__Heliozoa  mostly freshwater protozoa
           member:  heliozoan  protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods
        member:  order_Radiolaria__Radiolaria  marine protozoa
           member:  radiolarian  protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods
     member:  subclass_Rhizopoda__Rhizopoda  creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers
        member:  rhizopod__rhizopodan  protozoa characterized by a pseudopod
        member:  order_Amoebida__Amoebida__Amoebina__order_Amoebina  the animal order including amoebas
           member:  genus_Amoeba  protozoan inhabiting moist soils or bottom vegetation in fresh or salt water
           member:  family_Endamoebidae__Endamoebidae  a large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract
              member:  genus_Endamoeba__Endamoeba  the type genus of the family Endamoebidae
                 member:  Endamoeba_histolytica  the parasitic ameba that causes amebic dysentery in human beings
           member:  ameba__amoeba  naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
        member:  order_Foraminifera__Foraminifera  foraminifers
           member:  foram__foraminifer  marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude
           member:  family_Globigerinidae__Globigerinidae  a family of protoctists
           member:  genus_Globigerina  type genus of the family Globigerinidae
           member:  family_Nummulitidae__Nummulitidae  a family of fossil protoctists
              member:  nummulite  large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period
        member:  order_Testacea__Testacea  testacean rhizopods
           member:  testacean  any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell
           member:  family_Arcellidae__Arcellidae  soil an freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan
              member:  genus_Arcella  type genus of the Arcellidae
                 member:  arcella  an amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella
           member:  genus_Difflugia  genus of protozoans related to Amoeba
              member:  difflugia  a protozoan with an ovoid shell of cemented sand grains
  member:  class_Ciliata__Ciliata__Ciliophora__class_Ciliophora  class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle
     member:  ciliate__ciliated_protozoan__ciliophoran  a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
     member:  subclass_Infusoria__Infusoria  in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter
        member:  infusorian  any member of the subclass Infusoria
     member:  genus_Paramecium  freshwater ciliate with an oval body and long deep oral groove
        member:  paramecium__paramecia  any member of the genus Paramecium
     member:  genus_Tetrahymena  protozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles
        member:  tetrahymena  relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research
     member:  genus_Stentor  trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnel
        member:  stentor  any member of the genus Stentor
     member:  genus_Vorticella  ciliates
        member:  vorticella  protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
  member:  class_Mastigophora__Mastigophora__Flagellata__class_Flagellata  protozoa having flagella
     member:  flagellate_protozoan__flagellate__flagellated_protozoan__flagellatedprotozoan__mastigophoran__mastigophore  usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some pathogens of humans and other animals
     member:  order_Dinoflagellata__Dinoflagellata__Cilioflagellata__order_Cilioflagellata  in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta
        member:  dinoflagellate  chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton
        member:  genus_Noctiluca  a genus of protoctista
           member:  noctiluca__Noctiluca_miliaris  large bioluminescent marine protozoan
        member:  family_Peridiniidae__Peridiniidae  marine and freshwater dinoflagellates
           member:  genus_Peridinium__Peridinium  type genus of the family Peridiniidae
           member:  peridinian  flagellate with a thick test composed of plates
     member:  subclass_Zoomastigina__Zoomastigina  in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; holozoic or saprozoic flagellates
        member:  zoomastigote__zooflagellate  flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics
        member:  order_Hypermastigina__Hypermastigina  cellulose-producing flagellates
           member:  hypermastigote  flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites
        member:  order_Polymastigina__Polymastigina  small usually parasitic flagellates
           member:  polymastigote  flagellates with several flagella
           member:  genus_Costia  a genus of flagellate protoctista
              member:  costia__Costia_necatrix  a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis
           member:  genus_Giardia  flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates
              member:  giardia  a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans
           member:  genus_Chilomastix__Chilomastix  flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates including humans
           member:  genus_Hexamita__Hexamita  flagellates free-living or parasitic in intestines of birds
           member:  genus_Trichomonas  flagellates parasitic in alimentary or genitourinary tracts of vertebrates and invertebrates including humans
              member:  trichomonad  cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds
     member:  subclass_Phytomastigina__Phytomastigina  plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll; often considered unicellular algae
        member:  plantlike_flagellate__plantlikeflagellate  unicellular organisms having many characteristics of typical algae
  member:  class_Sporozoa__Sporozoa  strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites
     member:  sporozoan  parasitic spore-forming protozoan
     member:  subclass_Telosporidia__Telosporidia  parasitic sporozoans that form spores containing one or more infective sporozoites
        member:  order_Coccidia__Coccidia  an order in the subclass Telosporidia
           member:  family_Eimeriidae__Eimeriidae  a family of protoctista in the order Coccidia
              member:  genus_Eimeria  type genus of the family Eimeriidae; includes serious pathogens
           member:  coccidium__eimeria  parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates
        member:  order_Gregarinida__Gregarinida  an order in the subclass Telosporidia
           member:  gregarine  vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates
        member:  order_Haemosporidia__Haemosporidia  an order in the subclass Telosporidia
           member:  haemosporidian  minute protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in blood cells of vertebrates including many pathogens
           member:  family_Plasmodiidae__Plasmodiidae  malaria parasites
           member:  family_Haemoproteidae__Haemoproteidae  bird parasites
              member:  haemoproteid  related to malaria parasite and having a phase in the viscera of various birds
              member:  genus_Haemoproteus__Haemoproteus  type genus of the family Haemoproteidae
              member:  genus_Leucocytozoon__genus_Leucocytozoan  a genus of protoctista
                 member:  leucocytozoan__leucocytozoon  parasitic in birds
           member:  family_Babesiidae__Babesiidae  piroplasms and cattle pathogens
              member:  genus_Babesia__genus_Piroplasma  type genus of the family Babesiidae
              member:  piroplasm  minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals
     member:  genus_Plasmodium  type genus of the family Plasmodiidae
        member:  Plasmodium_vivax__plasmodium__malaria_parasite__malariaparasite  parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
     member:  subclass_Acnidosporidia__Acnidosporidia  a subclass of Sporozoa
        member:  order_Sarcosporidia__Sarcosporidia  imperfectly known parasites of the muscles of vertebrates
           member:  genus_Sarcocystis__Sarcocystis  chief genus of the order Sarcosporidia
              member:  sarcosporidian__sarcocystidean__sarcocystieian  parasite of the muscles of vertebrates
        member:  order_Haplosporidia__Haplosporidia  an order in the subclass Acnidosporidia
           member:  haplosporidian  parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance
     member:  subclass_Cnidosporidia__Cnidosporidia  single-host parasites of lower vertebrates and invertebrates
        member:  order_Actinomyxidia__Actinomyxidia  parasites of worms
           member:  actinomyxidian  parasites of worms
        member:  order_Mycrosporidia__Mycrosporidia  an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia
           member:  microsporidian  parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells
        member:  order_Myxosporidia__Myxosporidia  an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia
           member:  myxosporidian  mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens

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