Order: Eumoebida

Species: Amoeba proteus

Identify

• food vacuoles- easily seen because they are darker than the cytoplasm- particle of food enclosed in the membrane
• Nucleus- Darker than its surroundings Although usually as dark as the food vacuoles- control center of the cell; membrane bound DNA
• Contractile vacuoles- a clear bubble containing no particles

Phylum: Euglenozoa

Genus and Species: Euglena gracillis

Identify

• Nucleus
• Chloroplasts: used to synesize food making them autotrophic
• Stigma- "eye spot"- a reddish spot that is thought to be light sensitive
• Flagellum

Trypanosoma

Phylum: Euglenozoa

Genus: Trypanosoma

Identify:

• Flagellum
• Nucleus
• Kinetoplast- a small body of material aside from the nucleus and at the base of the flagellum
• udulating membrane- an extension of the flagellum along the length of the cell membrane

Phylum: Apicomplexa

Genus: Plasmodium

Identify:

Cause malaria

inside red blood cells

Phylum: Cliliophora

Genus: Paramecium

Identify:

• Cilia
• Macronucleus
• Pellicle- harder membrane outside the plasma membrane
• Food Vacuoles
• orgal groove- mouthlike area made fr the drawing in of nutrients

Phylum: Porifera

Genus: Scypha

Identify

• Apopyles- small pores that open from the radial canals into the spongocoel
• canals
• Choancytes: lines the radial canals (only seen with high powered lens)
• incurrent canals: open up to the exterior
• osculum: large opening opposite the base of the sponge
• Dermal Ostium: where the incurrent canals open to the exterior
• Radial canals- the canal system throughout the sponge
• spongocoel- large interior opening of the sponge

Phylum: Porifera

Genus: Sycon

Phylum: Cnidaria

Genus: Hydra

Identify

• Hypostome: the elevated area surrounded by tentacles
• tentacles
• Gastrovascular cavity: where digestion occurs for the hydra

phylum: Cnidaria

Genus: Obelia

Identify

• hydranth: nutitive polyps
• gonangium: reproductive polyps
• tentacles
• hypostome
• Medusa buds: seen within the gonania; become free swimming medusae

Phylum: Cnidaria

Genus: Pennaria

idenitfy

Hydranth

Gonangium

Coenosarc- a hallow tube composed of epidermis; mesolea, and a gastrodermis

perisarc- a thin protective case around the colony

Phylum: Cnidaria

Genus and Species: Aurelia aurita

identify

• mouth
• oral arms
• circular canal
• gonads
• marginal tentacles
• radial canals
• gastric pouches

Phylum: Cnidaria

Genus and Species: Metrodium senile

identify

• tentacles
• oral discs
• mouth
• pedal disc