rhizopod, any member of the protozoan superclass Rhizopoda.

· Superclass: Rhizopoda - A group consisting of naked and testate amoeboid organisms many of which use pseudopods to move and capture food material. · Classes: Filosia, Granuloreticulosea, Lobosa, and Xenophyophorida. * Rhizopoda is generally regarded as a separate phylum of the Kingdom Protozoa.

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May 17, 2018 · *Rhizopoda* A phylum of the Protoctista that contains the amoebas and cellular slime moulds [1]. They are characterized by the possession of pseudopodia [2], which are used for locomotion and engulfing food particles. Rhizopods are found in freshwater and marine habitats and the soil.

The Rhizopods were further subdivided into lobose, filose, plasmodial and reticulose, according to the morphology of their pseudopods. During the 1980s, taxonomists reached the following classification, based exclusively on morphological comparisons: [55] [53] Sarcodina Schmarda 1871: all amoebae. [55]: 40

Feb 18, 2022 · (Science: zoology) An extensive class of protozoa, including those which have pseudopodia, by means of which they move about and take their food. The principal groups are lobosa (or amoebea), Helizoa, radiolaria, and foraminifera (or reticularia). See Protozoa. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A root – -poda. You will also like...

The meaning of RHIZOPOD is any of a superclass (Rhizopoda) of usually creeping protozoans (such as an amoeba or a foraminifer) having lobate or rootlike pseudopodia.

RHIZOPODA, the name given by Dujardin (pro parte, 1838) to a group of Sarcodine Protozoa.

a superclass of protozoa comprising the amebae, which move about and acquire food by means of pseudopodia or by protoplasmic flow without production of discrete pseudopodia. The majority are free-living in soil or water, but some are parasitic and pathogenic in humans.

Jul 2, 2021 · The term rhizopoda comes from the Greek, namely rhizo which means "root" and podos which means "foot". Thus, this Rhizopoda means feet that resemble roots. The Rhizopoda is a Protozoa that has a means of locomotion in the form of pseudopods (pseudopodia).