KINGDOM PROTISTA

 

Phylum

Organism

Characteristics

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(PROTOZOA)

 

 

 

 

RHIZOPODA

Amoeba

Pseudopodia

Simplest protists

546, 569

ACTINOPODA

Heliozoans &

Radiolarians

“ray feet”- axopodida

569

FORAMINIFERA

Globigerina

forams

Porous shells

Single celled

570

APICOMPLEXA

Plasmodium

Parasitic

Malaria

557

ZOOMASTIGOPHORA

(Kitenoplastida)

Trypanasoma

“African Sleeping Sickness” in blood

556

CILIOPHORA

Paramecium

Cilia for moving

558


(Plant like Protist-ALGAE)

 

 

 

 

DINOFLAGELLATA

Photoplankton

Cause Red Tides

556

CHRYSOPHYTA

Golden Algae

Dynobrion

Biflagellate

562

BACILLARIOPHYTA

Diatoms

Pinnularia

Glassy shells, all forms and shape

561

EUGLENOPHYTA

Euglena

Flagella, chloroplast

547

CHLOROPHYTA

Green Algae

Chlamydomonas

“Ulva”, “Volvox

Chloroplast

Plant type but in H2O

566, 567

PHAEOPHYTA

Brown Algae

“Kelp” “Laminaria

“Seaweeds”

Brown pigment

563,564

RHODOPHYTA

Red Algae

Porphyra

Red pigment

565

(Fungus-like Protist)

 

 

 

 

MYXOMYCOTA

(Myxogastrida)

Plasmodial Slime Mold

Unicellular

571

ACRASIOMYCOTA

(Dictyostelida)

Cellular Slime Mold

 

Multicellular

572

OOMYCOTA

Water molds, white rust, downy mildew

Hyphae to absorb nutrients

560,561

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA

simplest

Ancestral form of true fungi