#protozoan__protozoon any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
supertype: #protoctist any of the unicellular protists
part: #cytostome
member of: #phylum_Protozoa
subtype: #sarcodinian__sarcodine protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods
subtype: #actinopod protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods
subtype: #heliozoan protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods
subtype: #radiolarian protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods
subtype: #rhizopod__rhizopodan protozoa characterized by a pseudopod
subtype: #ameba__amoeba naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
subtype: #endameba any ameba of the genus Endamoeba
subtype: #Endamoeba_histolytica the parasitic ameba that causes amebic dysentery in human beings
subtype: #foram__foraminifer marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude
subtype: #globigerina marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes
subtype: #nummulite large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period
subtype: #testacean any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell
subtype: #arcella an amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella
subtype: #difflugia a protozoan with an ovoid shell of cemented sand grains
subtype: #ciliate__ciliated_protozoan__ciliophoran a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
subtype: #infusorian any member of the subclass Infusoria
subtype: #paramecium__paramecia any member of the genus Paramecium
subtype: #tetrahymena relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research
subtype: #stentor any member of the genus Stentor
subtype: #vorticella protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
subtype: #euglena minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella; often classed as algae
subtype: #flagellate_protozoan__flagellate__flagellated_protozoan__flagellatedprotozoan__mastigophoran__mastigophore usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some pathogens of humans and other animals
subtype: #dinoflagellate chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton
subtype: #noctiluca__Noctiluca_miliaris large bioluminescent marine protozoan
subtype: #peridinian flagellate with a thick test composed of plates
subtype: #genus_Leishmania__Leishmania flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis
subtype: #zoomastigote__zooflagellate flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics
subtype: #hypermastigote flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites
subtype: #polymastigote flagellates with several flagella
subtype: #costia__Costia_necatrix a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis
subtype: #giardia a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans
subtype: #trichomonad cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds
subtype: #plantlike_flagellate__plantlikeflagellate unicellular organisms having many characteristics of typical algae
subtype: #sporozoan parasitic spore-forming protozoan
subtype: #sporozoite one of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle
subtype: #trophozoite a sporozoan in the active feeding stage of its life cycle
subtype: #merozoite a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle
subtype: #coccidium__eimeria parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates
subtype: #gregarine vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates
subtype: #haemosporidian minute protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in blood cells of vertebrates including many pathogens
subtype: #Plasmodium_vivax__plasmodium__malaria_parasite__malariaparasite parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
subtype: #haemoproteid related to malaria parasite and having a phase in the viscera of various birds
subtype: #leucocytozoan__leucocytozoon parasitic in birds
subtype: #piroplasm minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals
subtype: #sarcosporidian__sarcocystidean__sarcocystieian parasite of the muscles of vertebrates
subtype: #haplosporidian parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance
subtype: #actinomyxidian parasites of worms
subtype: #microsporidian parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells
subtype: #myxosporidian mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens
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