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Protozoa”
A presentation compiled
from various sources by
Dr. PARVISH PANDYA,
Zoology Dept. Bhavan’s College, Andheri.
Dr. PARVISH PANDYA’s presentation
Sites from which presentations have been downloaded and later editted.
I am indeed thankful to them for their kindness and support :
http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/esgbio/cb/org/organelles.html
http://faculty.pnc.edu/jcamp/parasit/parasit.html
http://www.amnh.org/rose/hope/creatinghope/
http://www.biology.eku.edu/SCHUSTER/bio%20141/POWERPOINT
%20NOTES/Intro%20to%20Protozoa_files/fullscreen.htm
http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~zoology/eeob405/
http://www.tulane.edu/~wiser/protozoology/pwpt/
http://www.iep.water.ca.gov/suisun/photos/wildlife.html
http://www.uta.edu/biology/marshall/2343/
http://www.uta.edu/biology/faculty/faculty.html
http://www.okc.cc.ok.us/biologylabs/Documents/Zoology/PowerPoint.htm
http://bio.fsu.edu/
http://www.aw-bc.com/
http://www.nhm.org/
http://www.geo.cornell.edu/eas/education/course/descr/EAS302/presentations/
Unicellular
Nucleated
Motile
Heterotrophic
Habit: Solitary/Colonial;Free
living/Parasitic; Commensalism/Mutualism.
Habitat: Sea water, Fresh water, Moist soil
& Fecal deposits.
Size: Microscopic(2-3 microns)
Shape: Spherical, Discoidal, Oval, Spindle
shaped, Flattened or Irregular
Types of Symmetry
• - Asymmetrical
• - Radial
• - Spherical
• - Bilateral
Dr. PARVISH PANDYA’s presentation
Protozoa: Life Styles & Locomotion
• Life Styles
– Free Living
– Symbiosis- Living together; some examples:
• Mutualism: (+ +)
• Commensalism: (+ 0)
• Parasitism: (+ -)
• Feeding
– Autotrophs- self feeding, plants
–
– Heterotrophs- eat others, animals
–
– Holozoic- eat pieces of food
–
– Saprozoic- eat at the molecular level
• Asexual (vegetative):
• mitosis- duplication division
• diploid to diploid
– types include:
• binary fission: transverse or longitudinal
• multiple fission
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KINGDOM PROTISTA
2] LORICA
Eg: Klebsiella, Cladomonas, Dinobryon,
Poteriodendron, Cothurina etc.
3] SHELL
Eg:Arcella, Difflugia, Elphidium etc.