Protozoan: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Protozoa

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representative protozoans

glass model of Volvox

Dead fish scattered along the sandy shore of Tampa Bay, Florida, with reddish and greenish water bands near the coast caused by a red tide dinoflagellate bloom.

oligotrich; Halteria grandinella

A parasite in a parasite

blackwater fever

Trichomonas vaginalis

suctorian; Podophrya fixa

Discover how individual cilia employ viscous drag to coordinate power and recovery strokes for locomotion

Analyze the structure and motion of cilia and flagella

Study the habits of amoebae, vorticellas, paramecium, and other protozoans under a microscope

Observe protozoan microorganisms from a drop of pond water under optical and electron microscopes

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Topics

Stramenopiles animalcule Meet the Microbes: 5 Tiny Protozoans and Algae ciliate flagellate sarcodine myxosporidian cnidosporidian apicomplexan actinomyxidian Algae tardigrade slime mold Myxomycetes Red algae Green algae Plasmodiophoromycota Chytridiomycota Xanthophyta

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Key People

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Charles Atwood Kofoid

American zoologist

Oil painting by Jan Verkolje showing Antonie van Leeuwenhoek seated at a table with a globe, papers, inkstand, and a compass in hand, wearing a brown robe and white shirt.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Dutch scientist

Francisco J. Ayala

Francisco J. Ayala

American geneticist and biologist

Leidy

Joseph Leidy

American zoologist

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Félix Dujardin

French biologist

Maurice Caullery

Maurice Caullery

French biologist

Richard von Hertwig

Richard von Hertwig

German biologist

Mushrooms growing in forest. (vegetable; fungus; mushroom; macrofungi; epigeous)

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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

Animal Group Names

Diversity among heteropterans. lace bug, termite bug, coreid bug, bat bug, toad bug, water strider, backswimmer, bedbug, stinkbug, water scorpion, plant bug, insects

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The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is seen in Switzerland on December 2024

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Lion (panthera leo)

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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

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