Protists

Apuntes

Protists Classifying protists • Lack all the characteristics necessary to be animals, plants, or fungi • All protists are eukaryotes. • Protists can be animal - like, plantlike, or funguslike. Protists Classifying protists Animal - like protists : • Also called protozoans • Heterotrophs Plantlike protists : • Commonly referred to as algae • Photosynthetic autotrophs Funguslike protists • Heterotrophs, absorb their food from other organisms . • Not fungi because they contain organelles not found in fungal cells . Protists Habitats • Protists are typically found in damp or aquatic environments . • A microsporidium is a unicellular protist that parasitizes insects • Green algae grow on sloths, providing camouflage Protozoans One characteristic biologists use to further classify protists into different phyla is their method of movement . Phylum Ciliophora The ciliates , are animal - like protists that have numerous short, hairlike projections . • Abundant in oceans, lakes, rivers, and mud flats • T...