different protozoans classes

• SARCOMASTIGOPHORA

  Subclass: Sarcodina

  ✓ Protozoans in this subclass move using pseudopodia, like amoebas.
• SARCOMASTIGOPHORA

  Subclass: Mastigophora

  ✓ Protozoans in this subclass move using flagella, such as trypanosomes and Giardia.
• SARCOMASTIGOPHORA

  Subclass: Mastigophora

  examples:

  Common name: African sleeping sickness

  Scientific name: Trypanosoma brucei

  Common name: Beaver fever

  Scientific name: Giardia duodenalis
• CILIOPHORA

  ✓ Protozoans in this class move using hair-like structures called cilia.

  ✓ Ciliates, such as Paramecium and Stentor, are prominent members of this class.
• CILIOPHORA

  examples:

  Common name: Slipper animalcules

  Scientific name: Paramecium caudatum

  Common name: Opalina

  Scientific name: Opalina ranarum
• APICOMPLEXA

  ✓ This class includes parasitic protozoans with complex structures at one end of the cell called apical complexes, which are involved in host cell invasion.
• APICOMPLEXA

  examples:

  Common name: Toxoplasma

  Scientific name: Toxoplasma gondii

  Common name: Malaria parasite

  Scientific name: Plasmodium falciparum