Protozoa of the year
The single cell of the year is determined by the German Society for Protozoology .
In May 2007 the German Society for Protozoology voted a single cell of the year at a conference in Salzburg . With their choice, the scientists wanted to draw attention to the fact that the large group of unicellular organisms plays an important role in the earth's ecosystems .
In 2008 there was no single cell of the year.
Previous protozoa of the year
year | German name | scientific name | Illustration | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Paramecium | Paramecium | ||
2008 | - | |||
2009 | (a genus of eyelashes ) | Tetrahymena | ||
2010 | Eye animals | Euglena | ||
2011 | (a genus of slime mold) | Dictyostelium | ||
2012 | (a genus of amoeba ) | Acanthamoeba | ||
2013 | (a genus of sun animals) | Actinophrys | ||
2014 | Trumpet animals | Stentor | ||
2015 | The genus of vampire camo | Vampyrella | ||
2016 | Trichomonas | Trichomonas vaginalis | ||
2017 | Diaphanoeca grandis | |||
2018 | Inks | Dictyocysta miter | ||
2019 | Nuclearia | |||
2020 | (a type of dinoflagellate ) | Dinophysis acuta |