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Cards Term diplomonads & parabasalids Definition lack mitochondrial DNA Term diplomonads & parabasalids Definition lack plastids Term diplomonads Definition Two equal-sized nuclei Term parabasalids Definition Undulating membrane Term diplomonads Definition Giardia Term parabasalids Definition Trichomonas Term Euglenozoa Definition crystalline rod inside flagella Term kinetoplastids Definition Kinetoplast Term kinetoplastids Definition Trypanosoma Term euglenids Definition Euglena Term euglenids Definition Paramylon as storage molecule Term Paramylon Definition glucose polymer Term Kinetoplast Definition DNA mass in mitochondria Term Trypanosoma Definition causes sleeping sickness Term Trypanosoma Definition vector is tsetse fly Term Trypanosoma Definition cause chagas Term kinetoplastids Definition bacteria consumers Term alveolates Definition Alveoli beneath plasma membrane Term Alveoli Definition bounded membranous sac Term dinoflagellates Definition have cellulose plates Term dinoflagellates Definition two flagella enabling spinning Term dinoflagellates Definition composed of phytoplankton Term dinoflagellates Definition stores starch Term dinoflagellates Definition Pfiesteria Term Pfiesteria Definition creates blooms which affects food chain Term Pfiesteria Definition creates red tides Term Pfiesteria Definition causes psp Term apicomplexans & oomycetes & entamoebas Definition parasitic Term apicomplexans Definition Apical complex of organelles Term apicomplexans Definition Plasmodium Term apicomplexans Definition have sexual and asexual stages that require two or more different host species Term Plasmodium Definition causes malaria Term Plasmodium Definition vector is mosquito Term ciliates Definition Cilia used in movement and feeding Term ciliates Definition most complex of single-celled protists Term ciliates Definition have micro-nuclei for conjugation Term ciliates Definition have macro-nuclei Term ciliates Definition reproduce sexually and asexually Term ciliates Definition Paramecium Term ciliates Definition Stentor Term stramenopiles Definition Hairy and smooth flagella Term stramenopiles Definition heterotrophic Term stramenopiles Definition algae Term oomycetes Definition molds, rusts, mildews Term oomycetes Definition economic hinderer Term oomycetes Definition caused potato famine Term oomycetes Definition decomposers Term oomycetes Definition Hyphae Term hyphae Definition absorbs nutrients Term diatoms Definition have silica Term glass-like wall Definition silica Term diatoms Definition huge part of phytoplankton Term golden algae Definition unicellular/colonial Term golden algae Definition Flagella attached near one end of cell Term brown algae Definition All multicellular Term brown algae Definition most complex of all protists Term brown algae Definition mostly marine Term brown algae Definition have floats Term brown algae Definition have hold-fasts Term brown algae Definition have gel Term brown algae Definition taste bad Term brown algae Definition komba Term Definition nori Term brown algae Definition ager Term cercozoans Definition amoebas Term cercozoans Definition move via pseudopodia Term cercozoans Definition have thread-like psueodopodia Term Foraminferans Definition have tests Term tests Definition calcium carbonate shell Term Foraminfera Definition extend through test pours Term tests Definition form extensive fossil record in marine sediments Term radiolarians Definition have fused tests, in one piece, made of silica Term radiolarians Definition phagocytize microorganisms with psuedopodia Term radiolarians Definition axopodia radiate from body Term amoebozoans Definition have lobe-shaped pseudopodia Term entamoebas Definition parasitic of vertebrates and invertebrates Term amoebozoans Definition slime molds Term amoebozoans Definition gymnamoebas Term Entamoeba hystolitica Definition causes amoebic disintary Term red algae & green algae Definition acquired cyanobacterial endosymbiote Term red algae Definition color allows light to be absorbed deep under water Term red algae Definition usually multicellular Term red algae Definition abundant in tropical coastal water Term green algae Definition chlorophytes Term green algae Definition chlorophyceans Term chlorophytes & chlorophyceans Definition closely related to land plants Term chlorophyceans Definition most closely related to land plants Term chlorophytes Definition most live in fresh water Term chlorophytes Definition live in damp soil Term chlorophytes Definition symbiotic with lichen Term chlorophytes Definition live in snow Term chlorophytes Definition single-celled, colonial, multicellular Term chlorophytes Definition have complex life cycles with both sexual and asexual stage