KINGDOM
PROTISTA
Phylum: Rhizopoda (amoebas)
Reproduction: Binary Fission
Habitat/Nutrition: Heterotroph
Distinguishing Characteristics:
*move using pseudopodia –
flexible extentions
*most are free living ; some are
parasitic (ex: cause amebic
dysentery)
Phylum:
Chlorophyta (green algae,
volvox)
Rhodophyta (red algae-deep
ocean)
Phaeophyta (brown algaekelp)
Reproduction: Alternation of
Generation (cycle between
mitosis and meiosis)
Habitat/Nutrition:
Photosynthetic
Distinguishing Characteristics:
plant-like; no movement
Phylum: Bacillariophyta
(diatoms)
Reproduction: Asexual;
halves separate and
regenerate
Habitat/Nutrition:
Photosynthetic
Distinguishing Characteristics:
*diatomacious earth, very
sharp
*shell made of silica
*move by gliding
Phylum: Dinoflagellata
Reproduction: Asexual by
mitosis
Habitat/Nutrition:
Photosynthetic
Distinguishing Characteristics:
*have two flagella; spin like
a top
*part of plankton
*Associated with “red tides”
Phylum: Euglenophyta
Reproduction: Asexual by
mitosis
Habitat/Nutrition: some
Photosynthetic & some
Heterotrophic
Distinguishing
Characteristics:
*flagella
*Difficult to classify (is it a
plant or animal?)
*Has eyespot that detects
light
Example: Euglena
Phylum: Ciliophora (ciliates)
Reproduction: Asexual by mitosis,
conjugation
Habitat/Nutrition: Heterotrophic
Distinguishing Characteristics:
*cilia for movement
Example: paramecium
Phylum: Slime molds
Reproduction: Asexual by mitosis
Habitat/Nutrition: Heterotrophic
Distinguishing Characteristics:
*fungus-like
*some mobility by ameoboid or flagella
Phylum: Apicomplexa
(Sporozoans)
Reproduction: Asexual and
Sexual
Habitat/Nutrition: Heterotrophic
Distinguishing Characteristics:
*nonmotile
*parasitic
*causes malaria
*also cause of toxoplasmosis,
cattle tick fever, others
EXIT QUIZ
1. Protozoans, algae, and slime molds belong to a group of organisms know as
a. protists b. fungi c. lichens d. parasites
2. The fingerlike projections of cytoplasm used by some protozoans for
movement and obtaining food are:
a. hyphae b. sporangia c. pseudopods d. oral grooves
3. A protist covered with many, short hair-like structures
used for movement is a
a. parasite b. ciliate c. flagellate d. lichen
4. Which of the following have shells made of silica?
a. diatoms b. ciliates c. amoeba d. Paramecium
5. Euglena may obtain food by making it, but Ameoba obtain food
a. By fermentation b. by surrounding it c. along an oral groove d. from a
host