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What is the example organism for Phylum Euglenophyta?
Euglena
Moves with 1 flagellum
Can photosynthesize or ingest food
Plant- and animal-like
What is the example organism for Phylum Chrysophyta?
Diatoms
No movement (drift in water)
Have glass-like silica shells
Photosynthetic (golden algae)
What is the example organism for Phylum Pyrrophyta?
Dinoflagellates
Move with 2 flagella
Some glow (bioluminescence)
Can cause red tides
What is the example organism for Phylum Sarcodina?
Amoeba
Move using pseudopods (false feet)
Eat by engulfing food (phagocytosis)
What is the example organism for Phylum Ciliophora?
Paramecium
Covered in cilia for movement
Sweeps food into oral groove
What is the example organism for Phylum Mastigophora?
Trypanosoma
Moves using flagella
Parasitic – causes sleeping sickness
What is the example organism for Phylum Sporozoa?
Plasmodium
Non-motile
Causes malaria
Spread by mosquitoes
What is the example organism for Phylum Myxomycetes?
Dictyostelium (Slime mold)
Move with pseudopods in amoeboid stage
Decomposers; form colonies