PROTOZOA

PROTOZOA

1. Ciliophora

   • Paramecium
   • Kind of nuclei
     • micronucleus
     • macronucleus
   • Habitats :Freshwater,marine
   • Human parasite

2. Rhizopoda

   • Amoebas
   • move by pseudopods
   • Phagocytosis (obtain food)
   • freshwater, marine (habitat)
   • cause amoebic dysentery in human

3. Archaezoa

   • flagellated
   • parasitic / pathogenic
   • freshwater (habitat)
   • African sleeping sickness - in human

4. Apicomplexa

   • Obligate parasites
   • food absorbed through the outer wall
   • complex life cycle
   • Plasmodium vivax - causing Malaria