Phyla

This is a list of all of the different kinds of protoctists. Each one is different. The names can be hard to say, but give it a try. Read what the meaning of the word is and then look at the picture example…some of them actually look like their meanings!
 

Archaeprotista
(are-kay-pro-tease-tuh)
Greek: nucleus, bud, sprout

Microspora
(mike-row-spore-uh)
Greek: small spore

Rhizopoda
(ry-zow-poad-uh)
Greek: root foot

Granuloreticulosa
(gran-you-low-rhet-ick-you-low-suh)
Latin: small grain/seed network

Xenophyophora
(zee-no-fy-oh-four-uh)
Greek: to bear or show stranger

Myxomycota
(mix-oh-my-coat-uh)
Greek: mucus fungus

Dinomastigota
(dine-oh-mast-ig-oat-uh)
Greek: whirling whip

Ciliophora
(silly-oh-four-uh)
Greek: to bear or show eyelashes
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Apicomplexa
(ape-ick-ahm-plex-uh)
Latin: enfolding summit

Haptomonada
(hap-toe-moan-ah-duh)
Greek: fasten plant
No image available
 

Cryptomonada
(crip-toe-moan-ah-duh)
Greek: hidden plant

Discomitochondria
(dis-coe-might-oh-khan-dree-uh)
Greek: animal whip

Crysomonada
(cry-so-moan-ah-duh)
Greek: golden plant
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Xanthophyta
(zan-though-fight-uh)
Greek: yellow plant

Eustigmatophyta
(you-stig-mat-oh-fight-uh)
Greek: original plant spot

Diatoms
(die-uh-toms)
Latin: little stick plant

Phaeophyta
(fay-oh-fight-uh)
Greek: dusky plant (brown algae)

Labyrinthulata
(lab-er-inth-you-lot-uh)
Latin: little labyrinth (slime nets)
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Plasmodiophora
(plaz-moe-die-oh-four-uh)
Latin: to bear or show undivided cells

Oomycota
(oh-oh-my-oh-coat-uh)
Greek: egg fungus

Hyphochytriomycota
(hi-foe-kye-tree-oh-my-coat-uh)
Greek: web earthen cooking pot fungus

 

Haplospora
(hap-low-spore-uh)
Greek: single spore
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Paramyxa
(pair-uh-mix-uh)
Greek: alongside of mucus

Myxospora
(mix-oh-spore-uh)
Greek: mucus spore

Rhodophyta
(row-dough-fight-uh)
Greek: red plant (red algae)

Gamophyta
(gam-oh-fight-uh)
Greek: marriage plant (one kind of green algae)

Actinopoda
(act-in-oh-poad-uh)
Greek: ray foot

Chlorophyta
(kah-lore-oh-fight-uh)
Greek: green plant (another kind of green algae)

 

Chytridiomycota
(kye-trid-y-o-my-coat-uh)
Greek: little earthen pot fungus

Zoomastigota
(zoe-mast-ig-oat-uh)
Greek: animal whip