PROTOZOA

plasmodium protozoa

WHAT IS

PROTOZOA oldest known group of heterotrophic life

one-celled; smallest of animals

live in water or damp areas

System Type Protozoas System

Muscular-Skeletal No inner or outer skeleton.

Digestion Takes in food via the water and stores the food in sacs called vacuoles. They eat tiny algae and bacteria.

Nervous Has a very low level reaction to the world around it and does not have a brain per se. They can react to light and temperature changes.

Circulation Has water flow in through the pores. The water contains the food and oxygen the protozoa needs.

Respiration Takes in oxygen through the cell membrane and gives off carbon dioxide through the cell membrane.

Reproduction Reproduces by splitting in half (fission)Excretion Vacuoles take in and get rid of water.

Symmetry Usually asymmetrical.Coloration Very microscopic and is pale in color generally.

CHARACTERISTICS

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CLASSIFICATION

PROTISTAor ANIMALIA

PROTOZOA

SPOROZOA

CILIOPHORA

RHIZOPODA

ZOOMASTIGOPHORA

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SPOROZOA commonly parasitic on

vertebrate animals. best-known sporozoan:

plasmodium invade red blood cells

where they multiply, eventually escaping from the ruptured cells

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CILIOPHORA complex freshwater or

saltwater protozoans swim by the

coordinated beating of their cilia (short, hairlike structures that cover the cell surface.)

Best-known ciliate: paramecium

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RHIZOPODA amoeboid organisms

that produce lobose pseudopodia (false foot)

preys on fungi, other protists, and small invertebrates

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ZOOMASTIGOPHORA

ZOOMASTIGOPHORA characterized by having

one or more flagella. parasitize higher

animals Best-known

zooflagellate: Trypanosoma

DecomposersRegulates

bacteria population

Food for other animals

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Presented by:Agtuca, LorelieMiranda, Sheila

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