Type of protozoa Type of cellular Habitat characteristics Reproduction Example Other key

organism characteristic

Amoebas(Phylum unicellular In soil fresh -asymmetric -asexually 1.Entamoeba

Rhizopoda) water,ocean & -changeable shape -binary fission hystolitica
parasitic in -pseudopodia to -Transmit as
organism move and engulf cyst(contaminated
food ; locomotion drinking water)
2.Acanthamoeba
-eye infections in
contact lens users
Foraminisferans unicellular -Marine -secrete -dead forams on the -geological li
(Phylum organism chalky,many bottom of the ocean Chalk format
Foraminifera) -ocean floor chambered -gray mud gradually part of land
-part of test+pores=cytopla transformed into - used as inde
plankton smic projection chalk fossil help
form sticky to identify
entangles prey sedimentary r
layers
Actinopods \ -marine -Long, filamentous Known as -dead shells bcome
(Phylum plankton cytoplasmic radiolarians ooze(sendiment)
Actinopoda) projections(axopod -secrete beautiful
s) glassy shell made
-engulf outside the silica
main body
Zooflagellates unicellular heterotrophic -Spherical/ Trypanosoma
(Phylum elongated body, -cause African
Zoomastigina) single nucleus/ sleeping sickness
-Flagella to move -infected fly bites,
-Pseudopodia to the infection
engulf food spreads through
blood (Tsetse fly)
Ciliates (Phylum Unicellular -remain attach -thousand -sexual process by 2 Nuclei -food into sim
Ciliophora) Definite but rock/ other fine,short,hair like conjugation -small,diploid opening
changeable shape surface cilia for (exchange genetic micronuclei for -vacuole form
(pellicle-flexible locomotion material) reproduction around food &
outer coverage) -trichocysts trap & -large,polyploid digest
holding prey macronucleus -water regula
-ingest bacteria control cell by contractile
metabolism+growth vacoule
Apicomplexans Parasitic -Lack of Plasmodium
(Phylum -produce cilia,flagella/pseud -cause malaria
Apicomplexa) sporozoits(small opodia
infective agents to -possess apical
next host) complex of
microtubules that
attaches the
parasite to its host
cell
Type of algae Type of cellular Habitat Characteristics Reproductio Pigments/ Energy reserved Other key
organism n chlorophyll stored Characteris
s
Euglenoid -uni -marine -2 flagella Asexually -a and b -Paramylon Used ad
(Phylum -1/3 -mud flats long&whip by -carotenoids (polysaccharide) indicator
Euglenophyta) photosynthetic -freshwater short not extent longitudinal species of
ponds outside the cell cell division organic
pollution
Dinoflagellates -uni Intracellular shells -Asexual by -a and c Oil and Have
(Phylum -few colonial of interlocking longitudinal -carotenoids polysaccharides occasional
Dinoflagella) cellulose cell division -fucoxanthin populations
impregnate with -some ooms) whic
silicates Sexually cause red ti
-2flagella reproduce
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Diatom Uni -floating -cell wall consists Asexually -a and c -Oil
(Phylum -few colonial plankton of 2 overlap shell by cell -carotenoids -
Bacillariophyta) -2groups: -live on -move by division -fucoxanthin Chrysolaminari
-centraleans- rocks+sediment gliding,facilitated n
radial symmetry -freshwater by secretion of a
-pennaleans- -abundant ocean slimy material
bilateral water
symmetry
Golden algae Uni -Freshwater -biflagellate Asexual -a and c Oil -Producers
(Phylum -complex -marine -few lack of production -carotenoids carbohydrates marine
Chrysophyta) flagella of -fucoxanthin ecosystem
flagellated, -xanthophyll -comprises
motile spore nanoplankto
(zoospores)
Brown algae Multicellular -branched -varied + - a and c Laminarin -primary fo
(Phylum -largest filaments/flattene complex -carotenoids (carbohydrate) producers
Phaeophyta) -most complex d branches -both -fucoxanthin -provide
asexual habitats for
zoospores invertebrate
and sexual ish and
gametes are mammals.
flagellated
Green algae -aquatic -cell -Asexual by -a and b starch -important a
(Phylum -terrestrial wall(cellulose) binary -carotenoids the base of
Chlorophyta) environment -some lack cell fission,frag food web
wall mentation&
formation of
spore
-Sexual:
isogamous,o
ogamous&
anisogamou
s.
-flagellated
 cell

Red algae Multicellular -attach to rock / -no -a and b Floridean starch

(Phylum -composed of substrate by flagellated -carotenoids
Rhodophyta) interwoven basal holdfast cell -
filament -warm ocean phycoerythrin
-freshwater -phycocyanin
-soil