The document describes characteristics of various protists from different supergroups, including that they cause illnesses like malaria, inhabit environments like oceans and intestines, use structures like flagella and pseudopods to move and feed, and play important ecological roles as primary producers or toxins.

2.  Supergroup: Excavata
 It is a Diplomonad
 Lives in the intestines of mammals
 Infects people when they drink water
contaminated with feces that has the
cysts of the protist.
 Causes severe diarrhea
 The way to kill the this parasite is by
boiling it.

3.  Supergroup: Excavata
 It is a Parabasalid
 It is a sexually transmitted parasite that
infects about 5 million people each year.
 It travels along the reproductive and
urinary tracts by moving its flagellum
along the mucous- coated linings.
 Is known to infect the vagina in females,
but can also infect the urinary tract in
males.

4.  Supergroup: Excavata
 It is a Euglenozoan
 Has an eyespot which it uses to “look” for
its food
 Uses flagella to move around

5.  Supergroup: Chromalveolata
 It is a Dinoflagellate
 Inhabits the Gulf of Mexico
 Releases toxins that kill invertebrates and
fishes.
 People who eat mollusks with the toxins
released by this protist can potentially
die in serious cases.

6.  Supergroup: Chromalveolata
 It is an Apicomplexan
 It is a parasite that causes Malaria in
humans
 Almost all deaths due to malaria are
cases of this specific protist.

7.  Supergroup: Chromalveolata
 It is a Ciliate
 They contain many cilia that help them
to move around and capture their prey
 They live in fresh water
 They have 2 nuclei
 It is sometimes referred to as a
“slipper” because of its shape.

8.  Supergroup: Chromalveolata
 It is a Diatom
 They are photosynthetic
 They are found in marine environments,
sometimes attached to marine life.

9.  Supergroup: Chromalveolata
 It is a Golden algae
 It is flagellated, which aids in its mobility.
 It produces a toxin that kills fish.
However, it poses no known threat to
humans.

10.  Supergroup: Chromalveolata
 It is a Brown algae
 It is commonly known as “Giant Kelp”
 It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean
 It can grow up to 45 meters long, as
many as 2 feet a day

11.  Supergroup: Chromalveolata
 It is an Oomycete
 Causes potato late blight, which turn the
roots of potato plants to black slime
 Cause of the potato famine in Ireland

12.  Supergroup: Rhizaria
 It is a Chlorarachniophyte
 Is an autotrophic amoeba
 Has a nucleomorph (which shows that it
is an example of endosymbiosis with
algae)
 Contains pseudopodia

13.  Supergroup: Rhizaria
 It is a Foram
 It is a found in marine environments and
can survive under high salinity
 Has been found in a variety of places,
including European seas, around Guam,
in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the
Mediterranean.

14.  Supergroup: Rhizaria
 It is a Radiolarian
 Found in ocean depths of 99- 510 meters
 Have axopods that give the protists their
buoyancy

15.  Supergroup: Archaeplastida
 It is a Red algae
 It is brownish- red in color
 It is found in Ireland and Britain
 It is a seasonal algae, appearing
between October to March.

16.  Supergroup: Archaeplastida
 It is a Chlorophyte
 Carotenoid pigments in this species turn
snow red, creating a “Watermelon
Snow” effect
 They can carry out photosynthesis
despite the temperatures.
 The snow actually acts as a shield for
these organisms

17.  Supergroup: Archaeplastida
 It is a Charophycean
 It is sometimes, although rarely, found in
the Baltic Sea at very low salinities
 It is mainly found in fresh water in
northeastern Europe, particularly Finland,
Sweden, and Russia.

18.  Supergroup: Unikonta
 It is a Slime mold
 Is most commonly found on forest floors
 Is used frequently in studying
multicellularity, because they are
examples of how they mutate so that
they can reproduce

19.  Supergroup: Unikonta
 It is a Gymnamoeba
 Eats by using pseudopods to catch the
surrounding organisms
 It uses pseudopods to move around as
well
 It is found in marshy areas

20.  Supergroup: Unikonta
 It is an Entamoeba
 Is pathogenic
 Causes amebic dysentry
 Is spread by contaminated water, food,
or eating utensils

21.  Supergroup: Unikonta
 It is a Nucleariid
 Has been found in warm spring water in
Japan
 Can exist as either spherical and floating
or a flattened amoeboid form
 They are heterotrophic

22.  Supergroup: Unikonta
 It is a Choanoflagellate
 Has been a major topic of study because its
genome has revealed that it has many
similarities to algae.
 Because it has so many similarities, a
hypothesis suggests that in early
evolutionary history, a Choanoflagellate
engulfed an algae, and this particular
species is the result.