KINGDOM PROTISTA
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Phylum |
Organism |
Characteristics |
Picture Page |
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(PROTOZOA) |
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RHIZOPODA |
Amoeba |
Pseudopodia Simplest protists |
546, 569 |
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ACTINOPODA |
Heliozoans & Radiolarians |
“ray feet”- axopodida |
569 |
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FORAMINIFERA |
Globigerina “forams” |
Porous shells Single celled |
570 |
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APICOMPLEXA |
Plasmodium |
Parasitic Malaria |
557 |
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ZOOMASTIGOPHORA (Kitenoplastida) |
Trypanasoma |
“African Sleeping Sickness” in blood |
556 |
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CILIOPHORA |
Paramecium |
Cilia for moving |
558 |
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DINOFLAGELLATA |
Photoplankton |
Cause Red Tides |
556 |
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CHRYSOPHYTA |
Golden Algae “Dynobrion” |
Biflagellate |
562 |
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BACILLARIOPHYTA |
Diatoms “Pinnularia” |
Glassy shells, all forms and shape |
561 |
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EUGLENOPHYTA |
Euglena |
Flagella, chloroplast |
547 |
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CHLOROPHYTA |
Green
Algae “Chlamydomonas” “Ulva”,
“Volvox” |
Chloroplast Plant type but in H2O |
566, 567 |
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PHAEOPHYTA |
Brown Algae “Kelp” “Laminaria” “Seaweeds” |
Brown pigment |
563,564 |
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RHODOPHYTA |
Red Algae “Porphyra” |
Red pigment |
565 |
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(Fungus-like Protist) |
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MYXOMYCOTA (Myxogastrida) |
Plasmodial Slime Mold |
Unicellular |
571 |
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ACRASIOMYCOTA (Dictyostelida) |
Cellular Slime Mold |
Multicellular |
572 |
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OOMYCOTA |
Water molds, white rust, downy mildew |
Hyphae to absorb nutrients |
560,561 |
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CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA |
simplest |
Ancestral form of true fungi |
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