protoctist family

Definitions of protoctist family

1. noun

   any of the families of Protoctista
   types:

   Globigerinidae, family Globigerinidae

   a family of protoctists

   Nummulitidae, family Nummulitidae

   a family of fossil protoctists

   Arcellidae, family Arcellidae

   soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan in distribution

   Tribonemaceae, family Tribonemaceae

   simple filamentous freshwater yellow-green algae

   Laminariaceae, family Laminariaceae

   large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters

   Fucaceae, family Fucaceae

   small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds

   Euglenaceae, family Euglenaceae

   considered green algae

   Ulvaceae, family Ulvaceae, sea-lettuce family

   thin flat or tubular green algae

   Volvocaceae, family Volvocaceae

   unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates

   Chlamydomonadaceae, family Chlamydomonadaceae

   green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome

   Zygnemataceae, family Zygnemataceae

   pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses

   Oedogoniaceae, family Oedogoniaceae

   filamentous green algae

   Characeae, family Characeae

   green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts

   Desmidiaceae, family Desmidiaceae

   unicellular algae

   Gigartinaceae, family Gigartinaceae

   a family of protoctist

   Rhodymeniaceae, family Rhodymeniaceae

   a family of protoctist

   Bangiaceae, family Bangiaceae

   a family of protoctist

   Peridiniidae, family Peridiniidae

   marine and freshwater dinoflagellates

   Eimeriidae, family Eimeriidae

   a family of protoctist in the order Coccidia

   Plasmodiidae, family Plasmodiidae

   malaria parasites

   Haemoproteidae, family Haemoproteidae

   bird parasites

   Babesiidae, family Babesiidae

   piroplasms and cattle pathogens

   type of:

   family

   (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera