WoRMS taxon details
Protozoa
AphiaID: 5
AphiaID: 5
| Classification: Biota > Protozoa |
| Authority | Owen, 1858 | ||||||||||
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Kingdom | ||||||||||
| Parent | Biota | ||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa | Subkingdom Eozoa Phylum Picozoa Subkingdom Protozoa incertae sedis Subkingdom Sarcomastigota Subkingdom Biciliata (unaccepted, disused) Phylum Chrysomonada accepted as Heterokontophyta accepted as Ochrophyta Phylum Dinomastigota accepted as Dinophyta accepted as Dinophyceae accepted as Dinoflagellata Phylum Dinophyta accepted as Dinophyceae accepted as Dinoflagellata Phylum Discomitochondria (unaccepted, disused) Phylum Flagellates accepted as Discomitochondria Phylum Granuloreticulosa (unaccepted, disused) Phylum Haplosporidia (unaccepted, disused) Phylum Haptomonada accepted as Haptophyta Phylum Labyrinthulata accepted as Bigyra Phylum Myxospora accepted as Myxozoa Phylum Phaeophycota accepted as Phaeophyceae Phylum Phaeophyta accepted as Phaeophyceae Phylum Rhizopoda (unaccepted, disused) Phylum Rhodophycota accepted as Rhodophyta Phylum Sarcomastigophora (unaccepted, disused) Subkingdom Stramenopila accepted as Chromista Phylum Xanthophyta accepted as Xanthophyceae | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Nomenclature: With the segregation of a kingdom Chromista (see below) from the “Protista” or “Protoctista” (see Margulis & Schwartz 1998), Protozoa is the most appropriate name for the balance of organisms remaining (Cavalier-Smith 1998). [details] Nomenclature: The word 'Protoctista' had been introduced by English naturalist John Hoggs in 1861 to designate "all the lower creatures, or the primary organic beings; -both Protophyta, .. Having more the nature of plants, and Protozoa.. Having rather the nature of animals. In addition, the protoctist kingdom solves the problem of blurred boundaries that arises if the unicellular organisms are assigned to the intrinsically mulitcellular kingdoms. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:5 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Protozoa. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=5 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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