Protozoa
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 1,180 specimens and models of Protozoa – single-celled microscopic organisms. These date from 1883 to 2001. The majority of the specimens in the collection are foraminiferans. These are mainly marine organisms with a shell or test that is used in their identification. The collections came from two main sources – the 1883 H Craig collection of around 20 foraminifera from Scotland and the 1902 and 1914 D Robertson collections, of more than 1,000 specimens, of foraminifera from Europe and around the world. Most of these specimens are mounted on microscope slides.The collection also contains around 60 microscope slides of Radiolarians, prepared by Ernst Haeckel in 1890, and around 90 slides of various other protozoans including Sarcocystids, Trypanosomes, Paramecium, Amoebazoa and others. There is also a collection of models of foraminiferans, and several glass models of amoeba and heliozoans from the 1909 Mason collection of Blaschka glass. Protozoa are single-celled microscopic organisms with similar characteristics to more complex animals, such as being able to move and feed on other organisms. They are found in all habitats all over the world and can also be parasites.
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