The Protists Flashcards
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Protozoa
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A phylum or grouping of phyla which comprises the single-celled microscopic animals, which include amoebas, flagellates, ciliates, sporozoans, and many other forms.
2
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Protists
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Unicellular eukaryotes lacking chitinous walls, collagen, photosynthetic capabilities and a blastula embryonic stage.
3
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Dinoflagellates
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Some with bioluminescence
Some produce neurotoxins
Some symbionts with corals and termites
4
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Trypanosomes
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Live in animal circulatory system
Tsetse fly and kissing bugs are vectors
5
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Choanoflagellate
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A group of free-living, unicellular, and colonial flagellate eukaryotes considered to be the closest living relatives of the animals
6
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Plasmodium
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Causes malaria
Has an important relationship with mosquitoes
