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The Kingdom-level grouping known as Protista or Protoctistae consists mainly of microscopic organisms. It is defined by exclusion: its members are neither animals (which develop from a blastula), plants (which develop from an embryo), fungi (which lack undulipodia and develop from spores), nor prokaryotes. It includes the green algae (Gamophyta and Chlorophyta), red algae (Rhodophyta), brown algae (Phaeophyta), diatoms (Bacillariophyta), and other groups. Different authorities have differing views on the taxonomy of these organisms.

Subcategories

• Acrasiomycota
• Amoeba
• Apicomplexa
• Bacillariophyta
• Blue-green Algae
• Brown Algae
• Chlorophyta
• Chrysophyta
• Ciliophora
• Cryptophyta
• Diatoms
• Dinoflagellata
• Euglenophyta
• Foraminifera
• Green Algae
• Haptophyta
• Myxomycota
• Myxozoa
• Oomycota
• Paramecium
• Phaeophyta
• Radiolaria
• Red Algae
• Rhodophyta
• Sarcomastigophora
• Silicoflagellates
• Slime Moulds
• Xanthophyta
• Yellow-green Algae

Resources in This Category

• Acritarchs and Chitinozoa

  http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/acritarch.html
  Information on these organisms which have not yet been able to be classified, including their fossil record, biology and life cycle with a number of images of individual species.

• Algae

  http://www.seaweed.ie/algae/
  A basic guide to algae including marine, freshwater and land species.

• Algae Description and Types

  http://www.lenntech.com/eutrophication-water-bodies/algae.htm
  Algae are plant-like organisms that are usually photosynthetic and aquatic and this article describes the main phylogenetic groups.

• AlgaeBase

  http://www.algaebase.org/
  Information on the algae of the world, including terrestrial, marine, and freshwater forms. Search by genus, species, or common name. Includes images and references.

• Droplet

  http://www.pirx.com/droplet/
  Microscopy of the protozoa by Piotr Rotkiewicz - includes images, systematics, glossary, forum, and resources.

• Flagellate

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagellate
  Information from Wikipedia on these unicellular organisms with one or more whip-like organelles called flagella. Although sharing this common structure, they are not a single taxonomic group.

• Flagellated Protozoa

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/flagdr.html
  Article by Wim van Egmond introducing these organisms with photographs of Euglena, Peranema, Dinoflagellates and Spongomonas, and instructions on growing your own cultures.

• Freakin Fucus

  http://freakinfucus.co.uk/
  Introduction and technical information regarding seaweeds and phycology.

• Freshwater Algae

  http://www.micrographia.com/specbiol/alg/alghome/alggen01.htm
  Provides information on the varieties of algae and their classification with photomicrographs of example species of the main freshwater phyla.

• Introduction to the Chromista: From Microbes to Giants

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/chromista.html
  General discussion of the kingdom-level taxon Chromista, including diatoms, kelp, downy mildew, and other organisms that possess chlorophyll and are mostly photosynthetic, but are not plants. Includes links for more information.

• Introduction to the Sagenista

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/sagenista.html
  Information on the bicoecids and slime nets which form a basal group of chromists, the classification of which is unclear.

• Just what is this Stuff we call Algae?

  http://www.fbas.co.uk/Algae.html
  Information on the freshwater algae likely to be found in a garden pond.

• Marine Algae of Northern California

  http://www.sonoma.edu/users/c/cannon/MarineAlgae.html
  About 16 photographs of species found in this region.

• Marine Collection

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/micropolitan/marine/algae/index.html
  Small photograph gallery of microscopic algae, phytoplankton and diatoms.

• Marine Protozoa

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar01/protoz.html
  Article by Jean-Marie Cavanihac on these organisms with photographs of many species.

• Ohio University: Algae

  http://www.ohio.edu/plantbio/vislab/algaeindex.htm
  Provides a directory of algal images and links to general information on algae.

• Protist

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protist
  Information from Wikipedia on this group of organisms which cannot be classified as plants, animals or fungi.

• Protist Image Data

  http://megasun.bch.umontreal.ca/protists/protists.html
  Pictures and information on selected genera of algae and protozoa.

• Protist Images: Heterokonta

  http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/PDB/Images/Protista/HeterokontaE.html
  Classification of these flagellates with a number of images of individual species. English and Japanese.

• Protist Information Server

  http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/Protist_menuE.html
  Image database archiving more than 34,000 images (511 genera, 1944 species) and 556 movie clips for research and education.

• Protistan Phyla

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/index/protista.html
  Short articles and illustrations of the major groups of protists.

• Protozoa

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protozoa
  Article from Wikipedia on the unicellular microbes that are traditionally classified as protozoans, based on their methods of locomotion.

• Seaweed Site

  http://www.seaweed.ie/
  Information on many aspects of seaweeds with links to other sites connected with these algae.

• The Center for Phycological Documentation

  http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/rlmoe/
  Information about algae and their taxonomy, including 'The Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean,' and 'The Index Nominum Algarum,' a compendium of circa 200,000 algal names.

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