Definition of protoctista Protoctista

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What does protoctista mean?

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Noun
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
		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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta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