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A protist ( / ˈproʊtɪst / PROH-tist) or protoctist is any eukaryotic organism that is not an animal, land plant, or fungus. Protists do not form a natural group, or clade, but are a polyphyletic grouping of several independent clades that evolved from the last eukaryotic common ancestor .
Protozoa ( sg.: protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a polyphyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, that feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic debris. [ 1][ 2] Historically, protozoans were regarded as "one-celled animals".
A protist (/ ˈ p r oʊ t ɪ s t /) is any eukaryotic organism (one with cells containing a nucleus) that is not an animal, plant, or fungus.The protists do not form a natural group, or clade, since they exclude certain eukaryotes with whom they share a common ancestor; [a] but, like algae or invertebrates, the grouping is used for convenience.
Alveolate. The alveolates (meaning "pitted like a honeycomb") [ 2] are a group of protists, considered a major clade [ 3] and superphylum [ 4] within Eukarya. They are currently grouped with the stramenopiles and Rhizaria among the protists with tubulocristate mitochondria into the SAR supergroup .
P. Protist locomotion (1 P) Protist taxa by rank (10 C) Protistologists (2 C, 20 P) Protists by year of description (34 C) Protozoal diseases (7 C, 27 P)
Ciliates are an important group of protists, common almost anywhere there is water—in lakes, ponds, oceans, rivers, and soils, including anoxic and oxygen-depleted habitats. [ 2] About 4,500 unique free-living species have been described, and the potential number of extant species is estimated at 27,000–40,000. [ 3]
Marine protists are defined by their habitat as protists that live in marine environments, that is, in the saltwater of seas or oceans or the brackish water of coastal estuaries. Life originated as marine single-celled prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) and later evolved into more complex eukaryotes. Eukaryotes are the more developed life forms ...
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