Animal-Protist By : Josh Benson

Amoeba Common name: Amoeba, obviously Scientific name: Acanthamoeba polyphaga Kingdom: Amoebozoa. Phylum: Tubulinea. Class:sarcodina.

Adavantages of amoeba in common with Tubulinea If it is in ponds it is found moving about around the weeds and stones. Some species are found in the damping soil. Amoeba is a protist, so it is a microscopic in size , measuring 0.25 millimeters. It is a single celled life form It Is also a single celled organism.

Type of organism an amoeba is It is a free living organism they are classified as herbivores, because the feed mainly on algae (in fresh water) which considerd a plant. Amoeba is found in terrestrial as well as aquatic habitats. It doesn’t really show any segmentation

This is an example of what an Amoeba would look like

Life cycle and reproduction of an Amoeba The amoeba reproduces asexually. The average amoeba has a lifespan of two days There are many different species that reproduce asexually, and the rate of reproduction depends upon the species. it produces just one offspring at a time. This is a picture of what an amoeba life cycle would look like.

Habitat of an amoeba An amoeba usually lives in ponds and sometimes in humans when they ingest it. An amoeba eats algae usually and usually eats anything that is smaller than it.

Interesting facts An amoeba doesn’t really have a head or body, its kind of like a blob of nothing An Amoeba can cause a person to get diarrhea and can even spread to the brain in cases when it is digested The amoeba captures its prey by enclosing the micro-organism with its body. It, then, engulfs the prey. The amoeba reproduces by dividing itself into two. This process is known as binary fission. Thus, it can be argued that technically the amoeba never dies.

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