1. An example of a ciliophora is the paramecium
Star shaped organelle: Contractile vacuole

2. Phylum: Sarcomastigophora
Move by flagella, most have 2 or more
Some are parasitic
Phylum: Apicomplexa
All are parasites that cause disease in most animal species

3. Plant-like Protists Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: there are seven:
1. Chlorophyta
2. Phaeophyta
3. Rhodophyta
4. Bacillariophyta (diatoms)
5. Dinoflagellata
6. Chrysophyta
7. Euglenophyta

4. Phylum: Chlorophyta Green algae
Photosynthetic aquatic plant-like organisms
Two species live on land:
1. Protococcus - lives on tree trunks
2. Lichens - lives along with fungi on tree trunks & rocks

5. Phylum: Phaeophyta Brown algae Seaweeds, kelps
One species can grow to be 60 meters long
Only live in marine waters

6. Phylum: Rhodophyta Red algae
The red pigment gathers a different wavelength of light than the green chlorophyll
Red light penetrates water farther than white light
Red algae can live 270 meters below the surface, far below other algaes

7. Phylum: Bacillariophyta
The diatoms
Have a glassy shell that have many commercial uses
Scrubbing powders like Comet
Toothpaste
Are the most important oxygen producers on earth!!!

8. Phylum: Dinoflagellata
Contain red pigments
When conditions are right in the ocean these can reproduce incredibly fast
This explosion of dinoflagellates is called an algal bloom
The huge numbers of dinoflagellates in the water cause it to turn a reddish color
This is called a red tide

9. The toxins released by the huge numbers of dinoflagellates cause large fish kills
Shellfish that live through a red tide store the toxins that then can kill a person who eats the shellfish later

10. Phylum: Chrysophyta Phylum: Euglenophyta Golden algae
Oddballs - they have characteristics of both animals and plants
They are classified as plant-like protists because they are photosynthetic but they also eat other protists (both autotrophic & heterotrophic)