Preferred Name

protozoa
Synonyms
Definitions

[Henderson's] n. term generally applied to a large heterogeneous group of heterotrophic, non-photosynthetic, aquatic unicellular eukaryotes, lacking cell walls. Examples are the non-photosynthetic flagellates, the amoebas and foraminiferans, the ciliates, and parasitic protozoa such as Eimeria, which causes coccidiosis, and Plasmodium, the malaria parasite. a. protozoan. see Actinopoda, Apicomplexa, Caryoblastea, Ciliophora, Cnidosporidia, Foraminifera, Rhizopoda, Zoomastigina.

ID

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_452

Obsolete

true

broader

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/1

created

2016-03-31

creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

definition

[Henderson's] n. term generally applied to a large heterogeneous group of heterotrophic, non-photosynthetic, aquatic unicellular eukaryotes, lacking cell walls. Examples are the non-photosynthetic flagellates, the amoebas and foraminiferans, the ciliates, and parasitic protozoa such as Eimeria, which causes coccidiosis, and Plasmodium, the malaria parasite. a. protozoan. see Actinopoda, Apicomplexa, Caryoblastea, Ciliophora, Cnidosporidia, Foraminifera, Rhizopoda, Zoomastigina.

deprecated

true

exactMatch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/protozoa

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/

isReplacedBy

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20664

modified

2022-03-21

prefLabel

protozoa

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US LTER controlled vocabulary

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