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Concept: protozoan in the concept vocabulary
| Concept URI | http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/6759 |
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| Preferred label | protozoan |
| Definition | A diverse phylum of eukaryotic microorganisms; the structure varies from a simple uninucleate protoplast to colonial forms, the body is either naked or covered by a test, locomotion is by means of pseudopodia or cilia or flagella, there is a tendency toward universal symmetry in floating species and radial symmetry in sessile types, and nutrition may be phagotrophic or autotrophic or saprozoic. |
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| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2013-12-05 |
| Accepted Date | 2013-12-05 |
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European Environment Agency
Kgs. Nytorv 6, DK-1050 Copenhagen K, Denmark