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Kingdom: Protista Genus: Euglena
Movement: moves via flagellum |
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Termite Flagellates. Kingdom: Protista
Found in termite intestines. Mutualistic protists that help termites digest cellulose. |
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| Kingdom: Protista Species name: Giardia Intestinalis Parasitic, infects human intestines. Causes diarrhea. Can be contracted by drinking water with infected fecal matter. |
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Kingdom: Protista Genus: Trypanosoma (tr: body borer) Species: Trypanosoma gambiense
Causes African Sleeping Sickness, lives in human blood. Usually transmitted via an arthropod. |
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Kingdom: Protista, Genus: Amoeba sp
Pseudopods used for movement.
Contractile vacuole used to pump fluid from cell to outside the body. Used for respiration, excretion, and maintaining osmotic equilibrium.
Food vacuole stores, digests, and distributes food. |
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Radiolarians
Kingdom: Protista
Marine, have a silica exoskeleton. Closely related to amoeba. |
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Forameniferans
Kingdom: Protista
Marine, have chitinoid and calcium carbonate exoskeletons. Closely related to Amoeba. |
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Kingdom: Protista Phylum: Apicomplexa Class: Sporozoa Species: Gregarina sp
Parasitic, found in grasshopper intestines. |
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Kingdom: Protista Phylum: Apicomplexa Class: Sporozoa Species: Plasmodium sp
Parasitic in red blood cells, cause malaria (tr: 'bad air') |
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Kingdom: Protista, Phylum Ciliophora, Species: Paramecium sp.
Free-living protist |
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Kingdom: Protista, Phylum Ciliophora, Species: Stentor sp
Free-living protists |
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Kingdom: Protista, Phylum Ciliophora, Species: Spirostomum sp
Free-living protist |
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| Kingdom: Protista, Phylum Ciliophora, Species: Vorticella Free-living protist |
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Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Porifera
Sponge |
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| Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Porifera, Species: Spongilla sp. Freshwater sponge. During fall, break down and leave hundreds of gemmules (overwintering/dispersal bodies) |
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| Gemmule of Spongilla sp (overwintering/dispersal body for sponges) |
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Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Porifera, Species: Venus' Flower Basket
Interesting: uses silica, rather than calcium or spongin, for exoskeleton |
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| Characteristics of Protists |
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1. Unicellular
2. Includes heterotrophic, autotrophic, and parasitic species.
3. Have specialized organelles for handling food, water balance, etc
4. Some (radiolarians and formiferans) have tests or skeletons
5. Some possess flagella, cilia, or pseudopodia for movement; some glide on mucous. |
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| Characteristics of Porifera |
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1. Multicellular animals, but cellular (not tissue) level of organization
2. Some cells specialized - for support, food capture, etc
3. Includes marine, brackish, and freshwater specimens.
4. Some species use gemmules as a dispersal and overwintering stage. |
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