MolluscaBase - Protozoa

Traits taxon details

Protozoa

AphiaID

5 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:5)

Classification

Authority

Owen, 1858

Status

accepted

Rank

Kingdom

Parent

Biota

Synonymised names

Flagellates · unaccepted (abandoned as taxonomic group)

Direct children (6)

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Subkingdom Eozoa
Subkingdom Sarcomastigota
Phylum Spironematellophyta
Phylum Dinophyta accepted as Dinophyceae
Phylum Flagellates accepted as Protozoa (abandoned as taxonomic group)
Subkingdom Protozoa incertae sedis (temporary name)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2025). Protozoa. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=5 on 2025-01-21

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Protozoa. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=5 on 2025-01-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2011-07-29 07:04:15Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 091452)

Unreviewed

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 091452)

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