The term Protozoa is formed from the Greek wordsπρῶτος (prôtos), meaning "first", and ζῶα (zôa), plural of ζῶον (zôon), meaning "animal". ... Von Siebold redefined Protozoa to include only such unicellular forms, to the exclusion of all metazoa (animals)....
Anamoebarefers to a single cell organism that is of a eukaryotic nature. Furthermore, this particular organism lacks a definite shape. Moreover, the movement of theamoeba celltakes place by means of pseudopodia. The temporary projections of theamoeba cellare pseudopodia or pseudopods, which lite...
Since the cell has no feet of its own, it essentially makes fake feet, known as pseudopodia (pseudo meaning fake and podia meaning feet). To create these little fake feet, the cytoplasm within the cell undergoes a series of biochemical changes that alter the viscosity (or thickness) of ...
Within the phytotelmata, we can find the dendrotelmata (singular dendrotelma), deriving from the Greek words “dendron”, meaning tree, and “telma”, which circumscribe the body waters only to water-filled tree holes. These dendrotelmata are considered an integral microhabitat inside forest ...
The most important environmental drivers that shape the Rhogostomidae community were soil moisture, soil pH, and total plant biomass. The length/width ratio of the theca was a morphological trait related to the colonized habitats, but not the shape and size of the aperture that is often ...