Protist Flashcards

Front 1

Name the 5 Supergroups of the Protist kingdom

Back 1

1) Excavata
2) Chromalveolata
3) Rhizaria
4) Archaeplastica
5)Unikonta

Front 2

Name the 3 clades of the Excavata supergroup

Back 2

1) Diplomads
2) Parabasalids
3) Euglenozoans

Front 3

Name the 7 clades of the Chromalveolata supergroup

Back 3

1) Dinoflagellates
2) Apicomplexans
3) Ciliates
4) Diatoms
5) Golden Algae
6) Brown Algae
7)Oomycetes

Front 4

Name the 3 clades of the supergroup Rhizaria

Back 4

1) Chlorarachniophytes
2) Forms
3) Radiolarans

Front 5

Name the 4 clades (groups) of the supergroup Archaeplastida

Back 5

1) Red Algae
2) Chlorophytes
3) Charopytes
4) Land Plants

Front 6

Name the 7 clades of the supergroup Unikonta

Back 6

1) Slime molds
2) Gymnamoebas
3) Entamoebas
4) Nucleariids
5) Fungi
6) Choanoflagellates
7)Animals

Front 7

This supergroup is characterized by having an "excavated" feeding groove on one side of the cell body.

Back 7

Excavata

Front 8

This clade is defined as lacking plastids, but having modified mitochondria called mitosomes.

Back 8

Diplomonads

Front 9

This group has 2 well defined nuclei (hint: note the name)

Back 9

Diplomonads

Front 10

This group has reduced mitochondria called hydrogenosomes. They cause T. vaginalis.

Back 10

Parabasalids

Front 11

This group is defined by the presence of a spiral or crystalline rod of unkown function in their flagella.

Back 11

Euglenozoans

Front 12

These protists have a single large mitochondrion that contains an organized mass of DNA.

Back 12

Kinetoplastsids
(the mass is called a kinetoplast)

Front 13

This group is responsible for Trypanosoma or "sleeping sickness".

Back 13

Kinetoplastids

Front 14

This group has a pocket at one end of the cell which 2 flagella emerge...1 large and 1 small.

Back 14

Euglenids

Front 15

This group has membrane bound sacs just under the plasma membrane

Back 15

Alveolates

Front 16

This group is characterized by cells w/ reinforced cellular plates. Two flagella located in perpendicular grooves that spin.

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Dinoflagellates.

(greek dinos, whirling)

Front 17

This group is responsible for "red tide".

Back 17

Dinoflagellates

Front 18

These parasites of animals are named because one end of the cell (the apex) contains complex organelles for penetrating hosts.

Back 18

Apicocomplexans.

(complex at one apex)

Front 19

Which group is responsible for causing malaria?

Back 19

Apicomplexans

parasite: Plasmodium

Front 20

This is a large varied group of protists so named for their use of cilia to move and feed

Back 20

Ciliates

(duh....)

Front 21

This group of marine algae has two flagella: 1 smooth and 1 "hairy".

Back 21

Stramenopiles

Front 22

These are unicellular algae that have a unique glass-like wall made of hydrated silica.

Back 22

Diatoms

Front 23

The characteristic color of this group comes from their yellow and brown caratenoids.

Back 23

Golden Algae

Front 24

Marine, multi-cellular algae. Commonly called seaweeds. Some are eaten by the japanese and weird girls from Tennessee and produce a gelatin like substance to thicken food products.

Back 24

Brown Algae

Front 25

This group includes the water molds.

Back 25

Oomycetes

Front 26

This group, including Phytophthora infestans caused the potatoe famine in Ireland

Back 26

Oomycytes.

Front 27

Many species in this Supergroup are called Ameobas

Back 27

Rhizaria

Front 28

Amoebas are defined as protists that move and feed via ______________.

Back 28

Pseudopodia

Front 29

These protists are named for their pourous shells called "tests".

Back 29

Forams

Front 30

These protists have delicate, intricately symmetrical internal skeletons made of silica.

Back 30

Radiolarans

Front 31

The pseudopodia of this group "radiate" from the central body.

Back 31

Radiolarans.

Front 32

Red Algae, Green Algae and Land Plants make up the Supergroup

Back 32

Archaeplastida.

Front 33

Abundant in warm coastal waters, can be different colors at different depths, used to make Nori, crispy sheets to wrap sushi.

Back 33

Red Algae

Front 34

This group is broken down into the chlorophytes and the charophytes.

Back 34

Green Algae

Front 35

Recently proposed supergroup that includes animals, fungi and protists.

Back 35

Unikonta

Front 36

This group has a tube or lobe shaped pseudopodia.

Back 36

Amoebozoans.

Front 37

Once thought to be fungi because they produce fruiting bodies that aid in spore dispersal.

Back 37

Slime molds.

Front 38

A slime mold that forms a mass called a plasmodium.

Back 38

Plasmodial Slime Mold.

Front 39

This group acts as an individual organism when feeding, but when food is scarce it forms a mass.

Back 39

Cellular Slime Molds.

Front 40

This unicellular group of amoebazoans is ubiquitous in soil.

Back 40

Gymnamoebas

Front 41

These amoebas are parasites that infect all classes of invertebrates and vertebrates.

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Entamoebas

(think Ent....means in (parasitic)

Front 42

This diverse group of protists includes plants, animals and fungi

Back 42

Opisthokonts.