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level: Parasites

Questions and Answers List

Question	Answer
Percolozoa- Naegleria	what is the brain eating amoeba?
Large group of sexually reproducing, spore-forming protozoa They have organelles at the apical end that produce substances to penetrate the host cells and become intracellular parasites Blood and tissue parasites: Toxoplasma, Babesia and Plasmodium	Apicomplexa
Originally Chimeras between Eukaryotic biflagellate hosts and symbiotic red algae (Lost their chloroplasts but retain elements of their ancestry) Blastocystis is now firmly in this group	stramenopila
Anything that does not belong to Protozoa, Stramenophila or Fungi Include helminths and arthopodes	Animalia [Metazoa]
No circulatory system Multicellular, bilateral symmetrical Can be seen macroscopically 2 phyla: Nemathelminthes and Platyhelminthes	Helminths
Round worm Separate sexes Complete digestive system May be: Intestinal parasites or Infect the Blood and Tissues	Nemathelminthes