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Protozoa, formerly, the name of an animal phylum comprising a large, diverse assortment of microscopic or near-microscopic one-celled heterotrophic organisms (protozoans protozoan (prō'təzō`ən), informal term for the unicellular heterotrophs of the kingdom Protista . ..... Click the link for more information. ). The term "protozoan" (or the collective plural "protozoa") continues to be used informally; the organisms are now more commonly placed in any of five phyla in the kingdom Protista Protista (prōtĭs`tə) or Protoctista ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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In attempting to understand the elements out of which mental phenomena are compounded, it is of the greatest importance to remember that from the protozoa to man there is nowhere a very wide gap either in structure or in behaviour. |
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Protozoa
