Algae & Protists 1-19
19 entries in the Algae & Protists compendium.
Brown algaeMulticellular seaweeds of temperate and polar marine waters.CercozoaDiverse single-celled eukaryotes united by molecular phylogenies.Chaos (genus)A genus of giant, multinucleate amoebae closely related to Amoeba.ChoanoflagellateClosest living relatives of animals, studied for origins of multicellularity.ChromalveolataProposed eukaryote supergroup later found not to be monophyletic.ChromistaProposed kingdom of eukaryotes with chlorophyll c plastids.CiliateCiliates are protists with cilia and two types of nuclei.CryptomonadAlgae and flagellates with ejectisomes and a nucleomorph.DiatomMicroalgae that produce much of Earth's oxygen and ocean organic matter.DinoflagellateSingle-celled protists that cause red tides and glow blue-green.EuglenidSingle-celled flagellates with diverse nutrition and flexible pellicles.EuglenozoaFlagellate Discoba including free-living species and human parasites.FlagellateOrganisms with whip-like flagella for movement and feeding.ForaminiferaSingle-celled protists with intricate shells, key to Earth's history.GlaucophyteUnicellular algae with cyanelle plastids, possibly ancestral to red and green algae.Golden algaeGolden algae are freshwater flagellates with siliceous cysts.HaptophyteAlgae that produce minerals and include coccolithophores.KinetoplastidFlagellated protists with a distinctive kinetoplast organelle.ParameciumUnicellular ciliates widely used as model organisms.
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