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Major Clads of Protists
Major Clads of Protists and defining characteristics
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Biology
12th Grade
02/03/2008

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Term
Diplomonadida
Definition

no mitochondria

two seperate nuclei

 

ex. giardia lambia 

Term
Parabasala (Trichomonads)     
Definition

Undulating membranes

 

ex. T. Vaginalis 

Term
Euglenophyta (euglenozoa)
Definition

paramylon as storage polysaccharide

 

ex. euglena 

Term

Kinetoplastida (euglenzoa)

 

 

Definition

kinetochore

 

trypanosoma -african sleeping sickness 

Term
Dinoflagellata (Aveolata)
Definition

alveoli

armor of cellulose plates

 

pfiesteria (red tide) 

Term
Apicomplexa (alveolata)
Definition

apical complex, penetration of host cells

 

ex. plasmodium (malaria) 

Term

Ciliophora (alveolata)

ciliates 

Definition

cilia functioning in moving and feeding

 

ex. paramecium 

Term

oomycota (stramenopila)

 

Definition

hairy flagella

hyphae to absob nutrients

 

ex. water molds, downy mildews, rust

---irish potato  

Term
Bacillariophyta (diatoms, stramenopila)
Definition

hairy flagella

glassy, two part walls

 

ex. pinnularia 

Term
Chrysophyta (golden algae, stramenopila)
Definition

biflagullate

xanthophyll

 

ex dinobryon 

Term
Phaephyta (brown algae, stramenopila)
Definition

accessory pigments

 

ex. laminaria

Term
Rhodophyta (red algae)
Definition

no flagellated stages

phycoerythrin pigments

 

ex. porphyra (nori) 

Term
Viridiplantae (chrlorophyta)
Definition

plant-type chloroplasts

 

ex. chlamydomonas 

Term
Myxogastrida (plasmodial slime molds, mycetozoa)
Definition

decomposers

ameboid stages

netlike plasmodium as feeding stage

 

ex. physarum 

Term
Dictyostelida (cellular slime molds, mycetozoa)
Definition

ameboid feedin gcell that aggregate to form reproductive colonies

decomposer

 

ex. dictyostelium 

Term
Rhizopoda (pseudopod)
Definition

lobe-like pseudopodia

 

ex. amoeba 

Term
actinopoda (pseudopod)
Definition

ray-like pseudopodia

 

ex. heliozoans and radiolarians 

Term
Foraminifera (pseudopod)
Definition

porous shells

 

ex. Globigerina 

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