Protist General Biology Mr. Cobb General Characteristics Eukaryotic Microscopic General catchall kingdom Like the junk draw in the kitchen Described as: Animal-like Plant-like Fungus-like 3 Types of Protists Protozoan animal-like Algae Plant-like Fungus - like Protozoan characteristics Microscopic and unicellular Most are aquatic Classified by locomotion (movement) Sarcodina Phylum Amoeba: no body shape Move slowly with a pseudopodium Responds to stimuli Surrounds its food and engulfs it Amoeba Cilates Paramecium: Move by cilia Covered with cilia (little hairs for movement) Oral groove to take in food Nassula Freshwater Ciliate Freshwater Ciliate Paramecium Structure hparamechighthumb.jpg Paramecium Sporozoans Do not move Parasitic Plasmodium causes malaria in the Anopheles mosquito Ruptured Red blood cells Life cycle Anopheles Mosquito Flagellates Propel by one or more flagella Known as Zooflagellates Causing African Sleeping Sickness Tsetse Fly Trypansome Algae Unicellular or colonial Found in all water Primary food source for zooplankton 70% of photosynthesis on the planet Algae Types Euglena (algae with flagella) Green Algae (stuff on the boat and pool) Golden Algae Diatoms (contain silica) (geometric shapes) Brown Algae Red Algae Dinoflagelletes ( contain 2 flagellas and cause red tides) Algae samples Diatoms Purple Diatoms Euglena Algae with a flagella Diatoms Diatom of Red Algae Desmid (Algae) Dinoflagelletes causing red tides Fungus-like Protist Hetertrophic like Fungus but: Cellulose cell wall Motile Two types: Watermolds Slimemolds Watermolds The stuff growing on dead fish. Caused Potato blight Slimemolds