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Protists
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
11/09/2011

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Term
paramecium
Definition
phylum: ciliates
habitat: marine, fresh water, soil
nutrition: heterotrophic (phagocytosis, intracellular)
Term
rotifers
Definition
locomotion: cilia
feeding: cilia
kingdom: animalia, NOT protist
single or multicellular: multi
Term
euglenoids
Definition
nutrition: autotrophic (photosynthesis), heterotrophic
locomotion: flagella
phylum: euglenoids
habitat: fresh water
Term
flagellates
Definition
affect people by being parasitic
helps termites digest wood
nutrition: heterotrophic
Term
amoeboids
Definition
phylum: sarcodines
locomotion: flowing
related groups: radiolarians and foraminiferani
habitat: water
nutrition: heterotrophic
eats by phagocytosis
digestion: intracellular
Term
dinoflagellates
Definition
phylum: dinoflagellates
habitat: fresh + marine water
characteristics: flagella, produces toxin, gives off light
importance: basis of food webs, red tide
Term
slime molds
Definition
phylum: slime molds
genus: physarum
habitat: wood or decaying vegetation
are protists because they form spores
moves by crawling
has an animal and plant stage
nutrition: heterotrophic
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