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PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

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PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)

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Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #refs #webs
Phylum ACRASIOMYCOTA Whittaker, 1969 (acrasid cellular slime moulds)   4  
Genus Anoplophrya (a ciliate)     1
Class CILIATA (ciliates)   2 15
Genus Cryptosporidium (a genus of protozoa)     1
Phylum DICTYOSTELIOMYCOTA W.B. Kendr., 1992 (cellular slime moulds)   3  
Species Elleipsisoma talpae (a protozoan)     1
Genus Epistylis (a genus of peritrich ciliates)     3
Class FORAMINIFERA (forams) 1 7  
Species Glugea anomala (a sporozoan)     1
Species Ichthyophthirius multifilis (a ciliate protozoan)     2
Species Leptomonas ctenocephali (a protozoan)     2
Species Malamoeba locustae (King & Taylor) (a parasitic protozoan)     6
Species Malpighamoeba mellificae (Amoeba Disease (Of Honey Bees) - causative organism)     1
Phylum MYXOMYCOTA Traub, 1962 (slime moulds) 63 65 161
Species Nyctotherus cordiformis (Ehrenberg) (a ciliate protozoan)     3
Species Nyctotherus ovalis Leidy (a ciliate protozoan)     2
Phylum PLASMODIOPHOROMYCOTA Whittaker, 1969 (a phylum of protozoan slime moulds) 3 6 28
Species Raphidiocystis lemani Penard (a heliozoan)     1
Species redwater disease protozoan (Piroplasmosis or Redwater Disease - causative organism)     2
Subkingdom SARCOMASTIGOPHORA (rhizopods and flagellates) 17 8 81
Class SPOROZOA (sporozoans)   1 60
Genus Trichodina (a genus of ciliate protozoans)     6

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Kreutz, M. & Foissner, W., 2006 The Sphagnum Ponds of Simmelreid in Germany: a biodiversity hot-spot for microscopic Organisms

Freshwater

Curds, C.R., Gates, M.A. & McRoberts, D., 1982 British and Other Freshwater Ciliated Protozoans (Part 2) Ciliophora: Oligohymenophora & Polyhymenophora
Curds, C.R., 1982 British and Other Freshwater Ciliated Protozoans (Part 1) Ciliophora: Kinetophragminophora
Finlay, BJ, Rogerson, A, & Cowling, AJ., 1988 A Beginner's Guide to the Collection, Isolation, Cultivation and Identification of Freshwater Protozoa
Guthrie, M., 1989 Animals of the Surface Film
Hingley, M., 1993 Microscopic Life in Sphagnum
Macan, T.T., 1959 A Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates
Patterson, DJ., 1996 Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa - a colour guide

Marine

Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1990 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe
Plankton
Larink, O. & Westheide, W., 2006 Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas
Larink, O. & Westheide, W., 2011 Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas (2nd ed)

Parasitic species

Avery, R.A., 1974 (parasites of selected hosts) Identification of Animal Parasites
Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973 The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites

General Works

(sample chapter available for public download)

Brusca, R.C. & G.J., 2003 Invertebrates

Borradaile, L.A. & Potts, F.A. with chapters by Eastham, L.E.S. & Saunders, J.T, 1935 The Invertebrata: a manual for the use of students

Biodiversity catalogs

Nomenclator Zoologicus: http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ Nomenclator Zoologicus

Journals

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Journal
Protozoological Monographs Journal

Microscopy

Microscope discussion group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/microscope/join Microscope discussion group

Museums

The Natural History Museum: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/ The Natural History Museum

Parasitic species

Kennedy, C.R., 1975 The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VII The parasites of Fish with special reference to their use as a source of information about the aquatic community

PROTOZOA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with PROTOZOA:

cyst cyst is parasitised by Rhizophydium gibbosum - a chytrid (Chytridiales: Chytridiaceae) UK/Ireland Canter, H.M., 1961

References

Canter, H.M., 1961 Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids
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