INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY - H. I. Shcherbak - 2008

PROTISTS - PROTISTA

PROTOZOA

SARCODINES

PHYLUM AMOEBOZOA

Amoeboid unicellular or plasmodial (a plasmodium is a multinucleated amoeboid Cell) protists possess lobopodia, filopodia, or reticulopodia; many of them have shells. Flagellated stages are either short-lived or completely absent. Mitochondria feature cristae of various shapes. They feed primarily by phagocytosis. The phylum includes seven classes.



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