phylum Protozoa

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phylum Protozoa - in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifersProtozoakingdom Protoctista, Protoctista - in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animalsprotozoan, protozoon - any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosyntheticclass Sarcodina, Sarcodina - characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food: Actinopoda; RhizopodaCiliata, Ciliophora, class Ciliata, class Ciliophora - class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycleclass Flagellata, class Mastigophora, Flagellata, Mastigophora - protozoa having flagellaclass Sporozoa, Sporozoa - strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasitesphylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes