Definition of kingdom protoctista Kingdom protoctista
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| kingdom protoctista - 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 | ||
| Protoctista, kingdom Protoctista | ||
| kingdom a basic group of natural objects | ||
| protoctist order the order of protoctists | ||
| protoctist any of the unicellular protists | ||
| division protista, protista eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae | ||
| protoctist family any of the families of Protoctista | ||
| protoctist genus any genus of Protoctista | ||
| phylum protozoa, protozoa in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers | ||
| division heterokontophyta, heterokontophyta algae having chlorophyll a and usually c, and flagella of unequal lengths; terminology supersedes Chrysophyta in some classifications | ||
| chrysophyta, division chrysophyta mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta | ||
| division euglenophyta, euglenophyta free-swimming flagellate algae | ||
| chlorophyta, division chlorophyta large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants | ||
| division rhodophyta, rhodophyta lower plants; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae | ||
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