Protist Phyla

 

Characteristics

Phylum Sarcodina

Phylum Ciliophora

Phylum Zoomastigina

Phylum Sporozoa

Habitat (parasitic, typical hosts/free living, where?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special Structures

(What are they and what do they do?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nutrition

(What do they eat? Are they heterotrophs or autotrophs?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Locomotion

(Do they move? How? What structures enable them to move?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reproduction

(Do they reproduce asexually or sexually? Briefly describe the process.)

 

 

 

 

 

Is this an animal-like, plant-like, or fungus-like protist? Explain your reasoning.

 

 

 

 

Examples of organisms in this phylum.