Polycystidea

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, see poly-, and Cystidea.

Proper noun

Polycystidea

(obsolete, zoology) A division of Gregarinia including those that have two or more internal divisions of the body.
(obsolete, zoology) A species of large brown algae, Cystophora polycystidea found in Spencer Gulf, South Australia.

Usage notes

Taxonomic revisions and the adoption of standardized suffixes for naming biological entities appear to have rendered the name of this "division" obsolete. The intended organism appears to be a parasitic amoeba-like protozoan in the subclass Telosporea rather than the flatworm family Polycystidae.

References

“Polycystidea”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
“Cystidea”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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