Kingdom Protista - MCCCnatalep/documents/Protista_000.pdf · Domain Eukarya (most euks are single...

Domain Eukarya (most euks are single celled)

Kingdom Protista (controversial)

1. Flagellated

Trypanosoma infects blood Trichonympa African sleeping sickness digest wood in termites

Video Trypanosoma Video Trichonympha

2. Ameoboid protozoans

Amoeba (video) Radiolarian with pseudopod with calciferous shell for movement

3. Ciliated protozoans

Paramecium

Non-motile protozoans

Plasmodium in red blood cells causes malaria Life cycle video

Euglena Dinophysis Dinoflagellate Nitzschia stellata freshwater marine sea ice diatom has flagellum

5. Photosynthetic protista

Physarum video digesting a birds nest fungus

6. slime molds

Dictyostelium (single-celled, engulf bacteria in soil, can form spores, have an amoeboid stage)

Physarum (single cells that can fuse to form multinucleate slime mold)

Algae Photosynthetic protists

Green algae contain chlorophyll a and b

Chlamydamonas Volvox Spirogyra Oedogonium

Multicellular green

1. Unicellular 2. Colonial 3. Multicellular

Brown algae = multicellular seaweed

Fucus Kelp Laminaria Sargassum Nereocystis

Pigment = fucoxanthin, chlorophyll a and c

5. Red algae

Pigments = Phycobilins, chlorophyll a and d

Chondrus crispus Corallina

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FYI ONLY! Cladistic classification (Campbell) supported by DNA analysis, not well worked out!

• Excavata – Giardia, Euglena, Trypanosoma

Chromalveolates Dinoflagellates, Plasmodium, Paramecium, Diatoms, golden algae, brown algae, water molds, downy mildew

Rhizarians

Amoeba, radiolarian, forams, cercozoans

• Unikonts

slime molds, gymnamoebas, entamoebas