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Protozoa Protista Phylogeny Kingdom Protista Protozoa ● Miller and Harley Chap. 8 BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Protista Phylogeny Fig. 8.21 BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Kingdom Protista ● Super Group Excavata ● Super Group AmoeBozoa ● Super Group Rhizaria ● Super Group Chromalveolata BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function 1 Endosymbiotic Origin Fig. 8.2 BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Surface:Volume Ratio Protozoa are approx. 0.005–0.3 mm in size Size Surface Vo l u m e S / V 0.5 mm 0.000007854 0.00000000164 480 000 0.6 mm 0.1256 0.0004189 299 2.0 mm 12.57 4.189 3 5.0 mm 78.53 163.6 0.5 BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Diffusion for Respiration/Excretion Fig. 28.9 BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function 2 Osmoregulation: Contractile Vacuole Excretory Pore Vacuole Endoplasmic Ampulla Reticulum Full Empty BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Locomotion • Pseudopods • Flagella • Cilia BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Excavata Fig. 8.7 BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function 3 Amoebozoa Fig. 8.11 BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Amoeba Locomotion Pseudopod Ectoplasm Endoplasm Hyalin Cap Direction of movement BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Amoeba Locomotion BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function 4 Types of Pseudopods Fig. 8.9 BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Rhizaria ● Pseudopods in a test – Filopods, axopods, reticulopods ● Foraminifera: calcium carBonate ● Radiolaria: silica Fig. 8.13 BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Chromalveolata Fig. 8.16 BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function 5 Fig. 8.17 Pellicle Cilia Alveola Interciliary fibres Basal Body Trichocyst BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Ciliary Locomotion BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Ciliary Locomotion BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function 6 Ciliary Locomotion BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Phagocytosis & Pinocytosis See Fig. 2.14 BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Amoeba Feeding BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function 7 Ciliate Feeding BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Ciliate Feeding BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Asexual Reproduction Fig. 8.3 Longitudinal Fission Transverse Fission BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function 8 Sexual Reproduction Fig. 8.20 BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Ecology Fig. 8.15 BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Animal Ancestor? Flagella Colony Choanoflagellate Food particles Collar Water flow BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function 9 First Animal Outgoing Flow Multicellular Organism Feeding cell (choanocyte) Inside of Sponge Water Flow BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function Next Class ● Phylum Porifera ● Miller and Harley Chap. 9 BIO2135 – Animal Form and Function 10.
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