Protozoa
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Protozoa
 

I. General features

II. Life styles

    A. Free living
    B. Symbiotic
     
      1. Mutualism

      2. Commensalism

      3. Parasitism

III. Structures
    A. Trophozoites
      B.  Cysts
        C. Plasmalemma

        D. Pellicle

        E. Trichocysts

        F. Cytoskeleton

        G. Organelles

        H. Cytoplasm

         I. Contractile vacuoles

      IV. Feeding

      V. Respiration

      VI. Reproduction

        A. Asexual reproduction

        B. Binary fission

        C. Budding

        D. Multiple fission

        E. Sexual reproduction

      VII. Locomotion
        A. Pseudopodia
         
          1. Lobopodia

          2. Filopodia

          3. Reticulopodia

          4. Axopodia
           

        B. Cilia and Flagella
         
          1. 9 + 2 arrangement

          2. Theory of Movement

      VIII. Classification
        A. Phylum Sarcomastigophora
         
          1. Subphylum Mastigophora
           
            a. Class Phytomastigophora

            b. Class Zoomastigophora
             

          2. Subphylum Sarcodina
           
            a. Amoebas

            b. Amoebaflagellates

            c. Foraminiferans

            d. Heliozoans

            e. Radiolarians

        B. Phylum Apicomplexa
         

          1. Class Sporozoa

          2. Life cycle
           

        C. Phylum Ciliophora
         
          1. Nuclei
           
            a. Macronucleus

            b. Micronucleus
             

          2. Reproduction