Polycystidea

Translingual Etymology mul la-new -, see poly-, and Cystidea order. Proper noun mul obsolete zoology A division of Gregarinia order including those that have two or more internal divisions of the body. mul obsolete zoology A species of large brown algae, Cystophora polycystidea species 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 subclass rather than the flatworm family Polycystidae family. References Cystidea mul Taxonomic names (obsolete)