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EUKARYOTA
Alveolata
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Chapter Outline
- Description of Eukaryotes
- Classification of Eukaryotes
- Amoebae
- Flagellates
- Alveolata
- Algae
- stramenopiles
- Fungi/Metazoa Group
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"A significant group containing many species of "algae" and "protozoa" -- both free-living and parasitic." [Patterson] Members of the group have alveoli, or a system of sacs underneath the cell membrane.
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- Alveolata: Dinoflagellates and Ciliates
- Pfiesteria piscicida and Pfiesteria-like organisms - U. of Maryland
| APICOMPLEXA | |
Apicomplexans are so named because species have an apical complex of microtubules within the cell. "The group is a very important part of the living biota. Apicomplexans infect both invertebrates and vertebrates; they may be relatively benign or may cause serious illnesses. Species in the genus Plasmodium cause malaria in humans and other animals." [UCMP]
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| CILIOPHORA | |
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- Paramecium caudatum (video)
- Stentor coerulus (video)
- Euplotes sp. (video)
- Vorticella sp. (video)
- Tetrahymena pyriformis (video) - "a teardrop-shaped, unicellular, ciliated freshwater protozoan about 50 µm long. Tetrahymena species are very common in aquatic habitats..."
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| DINOPHYCEAE (Dinoflagellates) | |
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- Peridinium sp. (video)
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| HAPLOSPORIDA | |
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| PERKINSEA | |
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