protozoa
Group of single-celled organisms without rigid cell walls. Some, such as amoeba, ingest other cells, but most are saprotrophs or parasites. The group is polyphyletic (containing organisms which have different evolutionary origins).
| Xenophyophores are giant protozoa that measure 20 cm/8 in in diameter and live on the deep-ocean floor. |
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