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PROTOZOANS [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A phylum of unicellular eukaryotic animals varying from simple uninucleate organisms to cell colonies or highly organized structures and with a considerable diversity of forms and nutrition.

OBS

... includes the Flagellata, Ciliata, and Sarcodina, classes that are represented by fossils. Considered by some to be a division of the protistan kingdom.

OBS

protozoa: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Embranchement d'animaux unicellulaires eucaryotes allant de simples organismes mononucléés à des colonies de cellules ou des structures hautement organisées et présentant une diversité considérable en ce qui concerne leur forme et leur nutrition.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Zoología
Entrada(s) universal(es)
DEF

Protista móvil microscópico, y por lo general, unicelular.

CONT

La mayoría de los protozoos son heterótrofos aerobios, algunos pocos son anaerobios.

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