Kingdom Protista
ALGAE (plant-like protists)
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Kingdom Protista (plant-like protists)
Phylum
Euglenophyta
Common Name
Euglenoids
Habitat
Freshwater & marine
Nutrition
both
* Special Structures
move with a flagellum; no cell
wall; easily change shape
unicellular
Unicellular/Multicellular
Economic/Biological Part of plankton, start of food web
Importance
Drawings/Examples
Euglena gracilis
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Kingdom Protista (plant-like protists)
Euglenophyta
Euglena in Motion
Euglena w/ Notations
Euglena in Dark Field
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Kingdom Protista (plant-like protists)
Phylum
Bacillariophyta
Common Name
Golden algae (diatoms)
Habitat
Freshwater & marine
Nutrition
autotrophic
* Special Structures
yellow-green to golden-brown colors;
glass-like outer shell, like a lid on a box
Unicellular/Multicellular
Mostly unicellular
Economic/Biological
Importance
Food source for marine and freshwater
organisms; abrasive agent in powders
and toothpaste
Drawings/Examples
Navicula lyra
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Kingdom Protista (plant-like protists)
Bacillariophyta
Diatoms in Action
Golden Algae
Two Diatoms
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Kingdom Protista (plant-like protists)
Phylum
Chlorophyta
Common Name
Green algae
Habitat
Freshwater, moist soil, some
marine forms
autotrophic
Nutrition
* Special Structures
Unicellular/Multicellular
green color; multi-celled colonies
or filaments
Unicellular and multicellular
Economic/Biological
Importance
Food for marine and freshwater
organisms; produces oxygen
Drawings/Examples
Volvox aureus, Ulva lactuca
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Kingdom Protista (plant-like protists)
Chlorophyta
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Kingdom Protista (plant-like protists)
Phylum
Phaeophyta
Common Name
Brown algae
Habitat
Marine only
Nutrition
autotrophic
* Special Structures
brown color; stem-like, root-like
and leaf-like parts;
multicellular
Unicellular/Multicellular
Economic/Biological
Importance
Drawings/Examples
source of iodine, kelp used as
fertilizer or food; algin used to
thicken ice cream
Macrocystis pyrifera
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Kingdom Protista (plant-like protists)
Phaeophyta
Brown Algae: Kelp
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Kingdom Protista (plant-like protists)
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Common Name
red algae
Habitat
Marine, some freshwater and land
Nutrition
autotrophic
* Special Structures
Red color and feathery shapes
Unicellular/Multicellular
multicellular
Economic/Biological used to make ice cream, pudding
Importance
and cake frosting; food for
humans; makes agar-used to
grow bacteria in the lab
Drawings/Examples
Chondrus crispus
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Kingdom Protista (plant-like protists)
Rhodophyta
Red Algae_Aquarium
Chondrus crispus
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Kingdom Protista
PROTOZOA (animal-like protists)
SLIME MOLDS (fungus-like protists)
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Kingdom Protista (animal-like protists)
Phylum
Rhizopoda
Common Name
Rhizopods (Amoeba)
Habitat
water (fresh/marine), land
Nutrition
heterotrophic
Special Structures
some have chalklike and glasslike
skeletons
Pseudopods (false feet)
* locomotion
Economic/Biological
Importance
Drawings/Examples
some form limestone and chalk
deposits; some are parasitic
causing disease (dysentery)
Amoeba proteus
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Video
•Protist Locomotion_3 Phyla
•Amoeba in Motion
•Amoeba in Motion _2
•Amoeba Feeds
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Kingdom Protista (animal-like protists)
Phylum
Ciliophora
Common Name
Ciliates
Habitat
freshwater/marine
Nutrition
heterotrophic
Special Structures
Two types of nuclei
* locomotion
cilia (tiny hairs)
Economic/Biological Eat bacteria and amoebas, part of
Importance
food webs
Drawings/Examples
Paramecium caudatum
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Kingdom Protista (animal-like protists)
Phylum
Zoomastigina
Common Name
flagellates
Habitat
freshwater/marine, hosts
Nutrition
heterotrophic
Special Structures
flagella
* locomotion
flagella (whip-like tail)
Economic/Biological
Importance
some are parasitic (African
sleeping sickness); some help
termites digest wood (mutualism)
Trypanosoma ganbiense
Drawings/Examples
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Thursday, March 24, 2016
Video
•Protist Locomotion_3 Phyla
•Cilia and Flagella
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Kingdom Protista (animal-like protists)
Phylum
Sporozoa
Common Name
sporozoans
Habitat
Animal hosts
Nutrition
heterotrophic, all parasites
Special Structures
form spores to aid in dispersal
from host to host
non-motile
* locomotion
Economic/Biological
Importance
Drawings/Examples
all are parasites; Plasmodium
causes malaria and is carried
mosquitoes
Plasmodium malariae
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Kingdom Protista (animal-like protists)
Sporozoa
Brown Algae: Kelp
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Thursday, March 24, 2016
Video
Life Cycle of Sporozoa
Malaria_Sporozoa
Malaria: No Ordinary Mosquito Bite
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Kingdom Protista (animal-like protists)
Phylum
Myxomycota
Common Name
plasmodial slime mold
Habitat
land
Nutrition
heterotrophic
Special Structures
features of fungi (forms spores) and
protozoans (flagella); sometimes
unicellular and multicellular
* locomotion
amoeba-like plasmodium; flagellated
swarm cells
Economic/Biological
Importance
decomposers
Drawings/Examples
Physarum polycephalum
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Kingdom Protista (fungus-like protists)
Myxomycota
Brown Algae: Kelp
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Thursday, March 24, 2016
Video
Myxomycetes
Slime Mold
Physarum
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