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Protista: Classification of Algae & Protozoa

This document discusses the biological classification of protists. It notes that protists are unicellular eukaryotes that are mainly aquatic and use flagella or cilia for locomotion. They can reproduce both sexually and asexually. The document then describes several types of protists in more detail, including chrysophytes (diatoms, golden algae, desmids), dinoflagellates, euglenoids, slime moulds, and various protozoans like amoeboid, flagellated, ciliated, and sporozoans.

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Protista: Classification of Algae & Protozoa

This document discusses the biological classification of protists. It notes that protists are unicellular eukaryotes that are mainly aquatic and use flagella or cilia for locomotion. They can reproduce both sexually and asexually. The document then describes several types of protists in more detail, including chrysophytes (diatoms, golden algae, desmids), dinoflagellates, euglenoids, slime moulds, and various protozoans like amoeboid, flagellated, ciliated, and sporozoans.

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Biological Classification

Kingdom Protista
Part II
Kingdom Protista
• Unicellular eukaryotes
• Protists are mainly aquatic
• They have flagella or cilia for locomotion
• They can reproduce both sexually and asexually
Classification of Kingdom of Protista
Chrysophytes
• It includes diatoms and golden algae,desmids
• They are mainly photosynthetic

Diatoms Golden algae Desmids


Diatoms (Phyto planktons)
• They have cell walls embedded with silica
• Cell walls – indestructible
• The siliceous indestructible cell wall pile up
at the bottom of waterbodies and form big heaps
called diatomaceous earth.
• They are known as the jewels of the plant kingdom
Dinoflagellates
• Mostly marine and photosynthetic
• They are of different colours – red, green, yellow, brown
• They have cell wall, which consists of cellulose plates
• Most of them have two flagella, one transverse and other longitudinal
Red dinoflagellates
• Rapid multiplication of red flagellates in the sea , make the seas appear red (red
tides)
• Eg – Gouyaulax
• Formation of red tides in sea, kill marine
organisms
Euglenoids
• Mostly freshwater
• Lack cell wall
• Posses a protein rich layer called pellicle which makes their body flexible
• They are photosynthetic when sunlight is available
• They behave like heterotrophs when deprived of sunlight
Slime Moulds
• Are Saprophytes
• Under favourable conditions, they form an
aggregate called plasmodium which spread over
several feet
• During unfavourable conditions plasmodium
of slime moulds develop fruiting bodies which
have spores in them
• Spores are dispersed by air currents
Protozoans
• All protozoans are heterotrophs and live as predators or parasites. There are four
major groups of protozoans.

• Amoeboid protozoans:
• Flagellated protozoans
• Ciliated protozoans
• Sporozoans:
Amoeboid protozoans:

• Found in fresh water, sea water and moist soil


• Marine forms have silica shells on their surface
• Locomotion with the help of pseudopodia (false feet)
• Some are parasitic

Amoeba
Entamoeba
Flagellated protozoans
• Members of this group are free living or parasitic
• Use flagella for locomotion
• Parasitic forms can cause disease (sleeping sickness)

Trypanosoma Leishmania
Ciliated protozoans

• These are aquatic organisms


• They use cilia for locomotion
• Eg Paramoecium
Sporozoans:
• They do not have any locomotory organs as such
• They are endoparasites
• The sporozoans are able to form spore-like cells, from which they get
their name.
• Eg -Plasmodium

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