There are different modes of locomotion in Protista. It includes pseudopodial, flagellar, ciliary, wriggling and mucilage propulsion. Pseudopodial Locomotion: It is of the slow, creeping type of motion. Pseudopodia play…
In Kingdom Protista organisms show both the modes of reproduction that is sexual as well as asexual. Asexual method includes fission, plasmotomy, spore formation and budding. In Binary Fission a…
The major groups of Kingdom Protista are as follows: 1. Photosynthetic protists 2. Consumer – Decomposer protists 3. Protozoan protists. Photosynthetic Protists are the main type of protists. It has…
Dinoflagellates are marine photosynthetic protists. They occur in large number and cause water to look red. Some of the emit light and this property is referred as bioluminescence. They have…
Chrysophytes mainly includes diatoms which occur in aquatic and moist habitats. They may float free or may occur at the bottom. They have gliding type of movement with mucin. They…
Euglenoids are single cellular organisms with euglena like features. They do not have cell wall but do possess pellicle. They have flagella and occur in fresh water. They have specific…
Consumer Decomposer protists are slime moulds. They are connecting link between animal and fungi. They are also known as Myxomycota. Some authors also describe them protistan fungi. They have cell…
Acellular slime moulds are referred as Plasmodia slime moulds. They are found in decayed material in vegetable. A free living somatic phase of this type of slime mould is known…
Cellular Slime Moulds are also known as Acrasiomycetes. They normally occur in humus containing soil. Their somatic phase consists of uninucleate cells known as myxamoebae. They are amoeba like cells…
Protozoan Protists occur in various habitats like aquatic, land. They may be free living or act as a parasite. Leuwenhoek first studied it. Basically they are small, acellular organisms which…
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