Protists I: "Animal-Like" Protists
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Common Name |
Phylum |
Morphology |
Locomotion |
Mode(s) of Rep-roduction |
Example(s) |
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Amoeba |
Rhizopoda |
Unicellular, no definite shape |
Pseudopodia |
Asexual |
Amoeba proteus Entamoeba histolytica |
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Foraminifera |
Foraminifera |
Unicellular, with shells & cytoplasmic projections |
Cytoplasmic projections |
Asexual |
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Actinopods |
Actinopoda |
Unicellular |
Some produce flagellated reproductive cells |
Asexual |
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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 Trichomonas vaginalis |
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Ciliates |
Ciliophora |
Unicellular |
Cilia |
Asexual & conjugation |
Paramecium spp.Balantidium coli |
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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 |