9. biology dr alsaqabi 2020-4
TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF PROTOZOA
kingdom Phylum Sub-phylum Genus-
examples
Species-
examples
Protista Sarcomastig-
ophora
further divided into
Sarcodina-- - move
by pseudopodia
Entamoeba E. histolytica
Mastigophora
move by flagella
Giardia G. lamblia
Apicomplexa
no organelle of
locomotion
Plasmodium P. falciparum,
P. vivax,
P. malariae,
P. ovale
Ciliophora
move by cillia
Balantidium B. coli
Microspora
Spore-forming
Enterocyto-zoa E. bienusi
Myxozoa Myxosoma
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