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Acritarchs and Chitinozoa - http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/acritarch.html
Information on these organisms which have not yet been able to be classified, including their fossil record, biology and life cycle with a number of images of individual species.

Algae Description and Types - http://www.lenntech.com/eutrophication-water-bodies/algae.htm
Algae are plant-like organisms that are usually photosynthetic and aquatic and this article describes the main phylogenetic groups.

Algae from Bemersyde 2006 - http://www.lifesciences.napier.ac.uk/algalweb/Bemersyde06.htm
Biologists have been studying a loch on the Scottish Borders over time and provide a list of the algae and other protists found in it, with photographs of each.

AlgaeBase - http://www.algaebase.org/
Information on the algae of the world, including terrestrial, marine, and freshwater forms. Search by genus, species, or common name. Includes images and references.

AlgaeVision - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/algaevision/
Provides a searchable image database for UK freshwater and terrestrial algae.

Caribbean Reef Plants - http://users.erols.com/offshoregraphics/reefplants.htm
Sample pages and images from an identification guide to marine algae and seagrasses.

Flagellate - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagellate
Information from Wikipedia on these unicellular organisms with one or more whip-like organelles called flagella. Although sharing this common structure, they are not a single taxonomic group.

Flagellated Protozoa - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/flagdr.html
Article by Wim van Egmond introducing these organisms with photographs of Euglena, Peranema, Dinoflagellates and Spongomonas, and instructions on growing your own cultures.

Freakin Fucus - http://www.freakinfucus.co.uk/
Introduction and technical information regarding seaweeds and phycology.

Freshwater Algae - http://www.micrographia.com/specbiol/alg/alghome/alggen01.htm
Provides information on the varieties of algae and their classification with photomicrographs of example species of the main freshwater phyla.

Freshwater Diatoms and Algae - http://centexnaturalist.com/foldermainmenus/aamenuf.html
Microscope images of many genera, mostly collected in central Texas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protist - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protist
Information from Wikipedia on this group of organisms which cannot be classified as plants, animals or fungi.

http://www.pirx.com/droplet/ - http://www.pirx.com/droplet/
Microscopy of the protozoa by Piotr Rotkiewicz - includes images, systematics, glossary, forum, and resources.

http://www.seaweed.ie/algae/default.lasso - http://www.seaweed.ie/algae/default.lasso
A basic guide to algae including marine, freshwater and land species.

Introduction to the Chromista: From Microbes to Giants - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/chromista.html
General discussion of the kingdom-level taxon Chromista, including diatoms, kelp, downy mildew, and other organisms that possess chlorophyll and are mostly photosynthetic, but are not plants. Includes links for more information.

Introduction to the Sagenista - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/sagenista.html
Information on the bicoecids and slime nets which form a basal group of chromists, the classification of which is unclear.

Just what is this Stuff we call Algae? - http://www.fbas.co.uk/Algae.html
Information on the freshwater algae likely to be found in a garden pond.

Kingdom Protoctista - http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/protoc.html
Introductory look at the Kingdom.

Marine Algae of Northern California - http://www.sonoma.edu/users/c/cannon/MarineAlgae.html
About 16 photographs of species found in this region.

Marine Collection - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/micropolitan/marine/algae/index.html
Small photograph gallery of microscopic algae, phytoplankton and diatoms.

Marine Protozoa - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar01/protoz.html
Article by Jean-Marie Cavanihac on these organisms with photographs of many species.

Natural Perspective: The Protoctist Kingdom (Protoctista) - http://www.perspective.com/nature/protoctista-index.html
Describes the kingdom as "a catch-all for the multicellular organisms which don't fit into the Animal, Plant, or Fungus Kingdoms" and describes its scope.

Parasitic Protozoa - http://www.aber.ac.uk/parasitology/Edu/ParProto/ProtoTxt.html
About 10,000 species of Protozoa are parasitic and this article provides information on these species and the illnesses they cause.

Protist Image Data - http://megasun.bch.umontreal.ca/protists/protists.html
Pictures and information on selected genera of algae and protozoa.

Protist Images: Heterokonta - http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/PDB/Images/Protista/HeterokontaE.html
Classification of these flagellates with a number of images of individual species. English and Japanese.

Protist Information Server - http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/Protist_menuE.html
Image database archiving more than 34,000 images (511 genera, 1944 species) and 556 movie clips for research and education.

Protistan Phyla - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/index/protista.html
Short articles and illustrations of the major groups of protists.

Protozoa - http://webs.lander.edu/rsfox/invertebrates/protozoa.html
Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering Euglena, Trypanosoma, Trichonympha, Peridinium, Paramecium and other ciliates, Monocystis lumbrici, Opalina, Amoeba, Arcella, Difflugia, Globigerina, Radiolaria and Actinosphaerium in detail.

Protozoa - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protozoa
Article from Wikipedia on the unicellular microbes that are traditionally classified as protozoans, based on their methods of locomotion.

Seaweed Site - http://www.seaweed.ie/
Information on many aspects of seaweeds with links to other sites connected with these algae.

The Center for Phycological Documentation - http://ucjeps.herb.berkeley.edu/rlmoe/
Information about algae and their taxonomy, including 'The Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean,' and 'The Index Nominum Algarum,' a compendium of circa 200,000 algal names.

UTEX: The Culture Collection of Algae - http://www.utex.org/
This collection includes approximately 3,000 different species of living algae, representing most major algal taxa, many of which can be supplied in large volumes.

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