3 days ago · Florida’s rich and distinctive tropical and subtropical habitats are inhabited by a vast and varied wildlife population; the rarer forms, such as the crocodile, manatee (sea cow), and puma …

4 days ago · Many protists provide humans with benefits, some more obvious than others. Because protists are located near the bottom of the food chain in nature (just above the bacteria), they serve a …

Jan 16, 2026 · Protist, any member of a group of diverse eukaryotic, predominantly unicellular microscopic organisms. They may share certain morphological and physiological characteristics with …

4 days ago · The protists are thought to have arisen from bacteria, with symbiotic associations being involved in some way. Some researchers have hypothesized that the first protists were of a …

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Jan 16, 2026 · The body of an individual protist is simply pinched into two parts or halves; the “parental” body disappears and is replaced by a pair of offspring or daughter nuclei, although the latter may …

Jan 29, 2026 · Protozoan, organism, usually single-celled and heterotrophic (using organic carbon as a source of energy), belonging to any of the major lineages of protists and, like most protists, typically …

Planarian, any of a group of widely distributed, mostly free-living flatworms of the class Turbellaria (phylum Platyhelminthes). The name planarian is used to designate any member of the family …

protist , Any member of a kingdom (Protista) of diverse eukaryotes, including algae, protozoans, and lower fungi (see fungus). Most are single-celled organisms, though the algae tend to be multicellular.

Jan 29, 2026 · Protozoan - Parasites, Pathogens, Disease: Parasitic protozoans have invaded and successfully established themselves in hosts from practically every animal phylum. The best-studied …