Common Name

Phylum

Morphology

Locomotion

Mode(s) of Rep-roduction

Example(s)

Amoeba

Rhizopoda

Unicellular, no definite shape

Pseudopodia

Asexual

Entamoeba histolytica
http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/ehistolytica.html

Foraminifera

Foraminifera

Unicellular, with shells & cytoplasmic projections

Cytoplasmic projections

Asexual

Actinopods

Actinopoda

Unicellular

Some produce flagellated reproductive cells

Asexual

Zoo-flagellates

Zoo-mastigina

Unicellular, some colonial

One to many flagella; some amoeboid

Asexual

Trypanosoma spp.
http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/trypanosoma.html

Giardia lamblia
http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/giardia.html

Trichomonas vaginalis
http://www.bioisci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/trichomonas.html

Ciliates

Ciliophora

Unicellular

Cilia

Asexual & conjugation

Balantidium coli
http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/balantidium.html

Api-complexans

Api-complexa

Unicellular

Pseudopodia & some move by flexing, entirely parasitic

Asexual and sexual phases of life cycles

Plasmodium spp.
http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/plasmodium.html

Toxoplasma gondii
http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/toxoplasma.html