1. Unicellular Eukaryotes

2. 1. Locomotion & Muscle System
Form and Function
1. Locomotion & Muscle System
2. Skeletal System
3. Digestive system
4. Excretory System
5. Reproductive System
6. Circulatory System
7. Respiratory System

3. Unicellular Eukaryotic Taxa
The Clade Fornicata
Ph. Parabasala
Ph. Retortamonada & Diplomonada
Ph. Euglenozoa
The Clade Alveolata
The Clade Rhizaria
Ph. Ciliophora
Ph. Cercozoa
Ph. Dinoflagellata
Ph. Foraminifera
Ph. Apicomplexa
Ph. “Radiolaria”
The Clade Alveolata
Ph. Ciliophora
Ameboid Protozoans
( 5 phyla)
Ph. Dinoflagellata
Ph. Apicomplexa

4. Form and Function in the Unicellular Eukaryotes
1. Nucleus
2. Mitochondria
3. Golgi Apparatus
4. Plastids
5. Extrusomes
6. Locomotory Organelles
7. Vacuoles

5. Ph. Diplomonada - Giardia
Clade Fornicata
Ph. Diplomonada - Giardia
Dog ingests cysts
cyst
trophozoite
Intestinal mucosa
A. Flagellum
B. Adhesive Disc

6. Ph. Amoebozoa Arcella Amoeba A. test B. lobopodium
A. nucleus B. lobopodium
Amoeba

7. Entamoeba histolytica
amoebic dysentery

8. Pseudopodium (pl. pseudopodia)
Locomotion
Pseudopodium (pl. pseudopodia)

10. Distinguishing characters
Clade Rhizaria
Distinguishing characters
Type of pseudopod
Type of test
Ph. Foraminifera
Ph. Radiolaria
Ph. Cercozoa

11. Foraminifera
Radiolaria
Cercozoa

12. Phylum Ciliophora Paramecium macronuclei and micronuclei
solitary or colonial
motile or sessile
presence of cilia
presence of trichocysts
Paramecium
A. Oral Groove (Gullet)
B. Macronucleus
C. Contractile vacuole

13. Basic Anatomy -Ph. Ciliophora
Contractile
Vacuole
Pellicle
Macronucleus
Food Vacuole
Cilia
Micronucleus
Gullet
Trichocysts
Cytoproct

14. Contractile Vacuoles

15. Locomotion “9+2” arrangement Cilium (pl. Cilia) of microtubules
Kinetosome
(basal body)
Planar Beat of Cilia
Phase 1: Effective Stroke (steps 1-5)
Phase 2: Recovery Stroke (steps 6-12)

16. Reproduction
Binary fission
Conjugation

17. Nutrition and Digestion
Phagotrophy

18. Ph. Ciliophora: Paramecium
pellicle and oral groove

19. A B
A. Cilia B. Kineties

21. trichocysts

23. Ph. Euglenozoa Trypanosoma
Nucleus
Kinetoplast
Undulating membrane
Tsetse Fly
Mammal
bloodstream
gut
Salivary gland

24. Locomotion “9+2” arrangement Flagellum (Flagella pl.) microtubules
Kinetosome
(basal body)
Helical beat of flagella
Spiral
Undulating

26. Phylum Dinoflagellata
Key Characteristics
2 Flagella
Test of cellulose plates (some spp naked)
Bioluminescence
“Red Tides”

27. Cellulose Plates

28. Bioluminescence Red Tides
Pfiesteria piscicida

29. Phylum Apicomplexa (Sporozoans)
Key Characteristics
Motile via a variety of methods
Parasitic inside specific host cells
Apical complex
Motile infective stage (sporozoite)

30. Plasmodium (malaria)

31. Plasmodium (malaria) Mosquito: Sexual cycle Host: Asexual cycle
mosquito  sporozoites
sporozoites  liver  merozoites
merozoites  RBC  gametocytes
gametocytes  mosquito
Merozoite inside RBC
Merozoites bursting RBC

32. Toxoplasma