Lec 2-3. Parasitic Protists

Question 1

Protozoa=

Answer 1

mostly unicellular eukaryotic organisms that are heterotrophic (can’t make their own food) and often parasitic

• not animals, plants, or fungi (they’re their own thing)

Question 2

Give the 4 groups of protist parasites we covered

Answer 2

Amoebae
Flagellates
Apicomplexa
Ciliophora

Question 3

There are ___ known species of apicomplexans and they are all __(intra/extra)cellular

Answer 3

4000

apicomplexans are all intracellular

Question 4

T/F

Protists are a monophyletic group

Answer 4

false

paraphyletic (all come from a common ancestor, but the group doesn’t include all the descendant groups)