BIOL1202 CH26
Members of which group are one of the most important producers in marine ecosystems, although sometimes they form blooms known as red tides?
dinoflagellates
among the protest groups, which has organisms that typically move w/ one or more flagella?
diplomonads
Who am I? I have the same photosynthetic pigments as plants, but I can also obtain nutrients by ingestion
euglenoids
ancestors of _______ may have possessed mitochondria which were lost or reduced during evolutionary history
giardia
brown algae lack true roots but have similar structures called _________ that anchor them to the substrate
holdfasts
What am I? I am an anaerobic excavate that is an endosymbiont of animals.
parabasilid
members of this group are characterized by a multinucleate amoeboid -like feeding form called a plasmodium
plasmodial slime molds
members of this group typically consist of amoeboid cells surrounded by a hard outer shell through which cytoplasmic projections extend
rhizarians
which algal group contains individuals that are typically unicellular and form siliceous shells?
diatoms
symbiotic association in which one partner benefits and the other is unaffected is called:
commensalism
Who am I? I cause African sleeping sickness
Trypanosoma
you find a protist that has a single flagellum surrounded by a collar of microvilli. You correctly conclude that this organism is
a choanoflagellate
Malaria is caused by an ____________, which is carried to a host by a ________
apicomplexan; mosquito
some protists consist of a single cell w/ multiple nuclei. This condition is known as:
coenocytic