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Protist vs Suctorian - What's the difference?

protist | suctorian |

Suctorian is a hypernym of protist.



As nouns the difference between protist and suctorian

is that protist is any of the eukaryotic unicellular organisms including protozoans, slime molds and some algae; historically grouped into the kingdom Protoctista while suctorian is a protist of the subclass Suctoria in the class class: Phyllopharyngea; a predatory sessile ciliate.

protist

English

(wikipedia protist)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (microbiology) Any of the eukaryotic unicellular organisms including protozoans, slime molds and some algae; historically grouped into the kingdom Protoctista .
  • # single celled eukaryotes + prokaryotes + sponges
  • # single-celled eukaryotes + prokaryotes
  • # single celled eukaryotes

    • Related terms

    * protistologist * protistology * protistological

    suctorian

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A protist of the subclass Suctoria in the class ; a predatory sessile ciliate.
  • *2011 , Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2011, p. 11:
  • *:If the tentacles are touched, the ‘prey’ is instantly paralysed, and the contents of its body are sucked down the tentacle into the body of the suctorian , reducing the prey to a shrivelled husk in a matter of minutes.

    • Hypernyms

    * phyllopharyngean * ciliophoran * alveolate * protist * eukaryote * microbe

    See also

    * (Suctoria)

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