Sunday, September 2, 2012

Kingdom Protoctistans

Rhizopodans: 
Locomotion:
  Lobopodia, Filopodia  thin pseudopodia, that may branch but do not rejoin
Example: 
  Amoebas, Difflugia, Entamoeba
Granuloreticulosans:
Locomotion:
  Reticulopodia: thin pseudopodia, that branch and rejoin (like a network)
Example:
  Globigerina, Vertebralima
Actinopodans:
Locomotion:
  Axopodia (or Actinopodia): long slender pseudopodia)
Example:
  Actinophrys

Common phylum in Kingdom Protoctistans :
Phylum Chlorophyta
Unicellular or Multicelluar algae, Photosynthetic chlorophyll pigments
Example: Spirogyra, Ulva
Phylum Dinoflagellata
Typically with two flagella, one transverse, one trailing, chromoplasts bearing chlorophyll
Example: Ceratium, Noctiluca
Phylum Euglenozoa
Move with flagellum, bearing chloroplast and beta-carotene as an eyespot
Example: Euglena, Trypanosoma
Phylum Sarcomastigophora (Amobazoa)
Move with pseudopodia locomotion
Example: Amoeba
Phylum Apicomplexa
Cilia and Flagella are absent, characteristics is the set of organelles (apical complex or apical protein) at the anterior
Example: Monocystis
Phylum Ciliophora
A organelles with cilia as the locomotion
Example: Paramecium

Source: Lab manual and Lecture of Professor Blake Barron.

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