English > kingdom Protoctista: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | In most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals. |
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| Synonym | Protoctista |
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| Members | Chlorophyta, division Chlorophyta | large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll ... / chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls |
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| Chrysophyta, division Chrysophyta | Mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment |
| Cryptophyta, phylum Cryptophyta | A phylum in the kingdom Protoctista |
| Euglenophyta, division Euglenophyta | free-swimming flagellate algae |
| Heterokontophyta, division Heterokontophyta | algae having chlorophyll a and usually c, and flagella of unequal lengths |
| Protista, division Protista | eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals |
| Protozoa, phylum Protozoa | In some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom |
| Rhodophyta, division Rhodophyta | Lower plants |
| protoctist | Any of the unicellular protists |
| protoctist family | Any of the families of Protoctista |
| protoctist genus | Any genus of Protoctista |
| protoctist order | The order of protoctists |
| Broader | kingdom | The highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped |
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| Spanish | Protoctista, protoctistas, reino protoctista |
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| Catalan | protistes |
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