Protista Flashcards
Clade Stramenophila
Have hairy flagella in their motile reproductive phase
Includes Bacillariophyta (Diatoms) and Phaeophyta (Brown Algae)
Clade Alveolata
Singled Celled Protists with subsurface cavities (alveoli). These are small membrane bound chambers located just under the cell surfaces
Includes Ciliophora, Dinoflagellata, Apicomplexa
Clade Viridiplantae
Contains green plants
Phyla Chlorophyta (Green Algae) and Rhodophyta (red algae)
Phylum Amoebozoa
Amoebas, may be naked or testate
Amoeba
Phylum Amoebozoa
Has endoplasm and Ectoplasm, contractile vacuole, etc.
Moves by their psuedopodium, more specifically their lobopodia
Phylum Foramifera
On the slide it looked like two fused balls, but they can be pretty as well like shells
They have reticulopodia that is a net of protoplasm
Phylum Radiolaria
They have testates that are made out of silica
They have axopods that are sticky and collect bacteria
Phylum Centrohelida
They have axopods that pierce their Prey
Ex. Actinosphaerium