A | B |
silica shells used as abrasives | diatoms |
silica shells of diatoms | frustules |
mass of mitochondrial DNA near the flagella | kinetoplast |
flattened sacs beneath the cell membrane | alveoli |
responsible for red tides | dinoflagellates (gonyaulax) |
possess two nuclei | ciliates |
long, whip-like tail | flagella |
cause malaria and toxoplasmosis | apicomplexa |
protist with 2 flagella, one longitudinal and one transverse | dinoflagellates |
have hydrogenosomes | parabasalids |
protective structure in protists | cysts |
carbohydrate storage form in stramenopiles | laminarin |
brown algae pigment | fucoxanthin |
not from a common ancestor | paraphyletic |
from a common ancestor | monophyletic |
responsible for conjugation in ciliates | micronuclei |
all contain modified mitochondria | excavates |
autotrophic and heterotrophic | mixotrophic |
causes hiker's diarrhea | giardia (diplomonad) |
live in low oxygen environments | diplomonads |
change surface proteins to avoid immune attack | kinetoplastids & apicomplexans |
protist form that enters the host in apicomplexans | sporozoite |
resemble fungi, but are diploid | oomycetes |
porous shells of calcium carbonate | tests |
possess internal silica skeletons and long pointy pseudopods | radiolarins |