English > Protoctista: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | 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 | kingdom 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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