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Amoebozoa (clade)

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2 clades?
Amoebozoa
Opisthokonts
2 subgroups of Amoebazoa:
Amoeboas
Slime molds
Genus of Amoeboa:
Genus of Slime molds:
Amoeba proteus
Physarum polycephalum
Body form?
no fixed body shape, unicellular or colonial
locomotion?
pseudopod, cytoplasmic extensions (streaming)
Nutrition:
phagocytosis (hetertrophs), holozoic, saprozoic
Reproduction:
Asexual
Habitat?
aquatic, moist terrestrial environments
Genus Amoeba proteus:
Know contractile vacuole, food vacuole, endoplasm, ectoplasm, nucleus, pseudopodia
contractile vacuole (clear)
ectoplasm (clear outer layer)
pseudopodia (extensions)
Genus Amoeba proteus:
What is the contractile vacuole for?
excreting water out of the organism
Genus: Physarum polycephalum: What are the two modes?feeding and reproductionGenus: Physarum polycephalum: How do you know what mode it is in?Produces spores (black dots) if it is in reproductive2 main types of slime molds?Acellular (Myxomycota: Plasmodial) and Cellular (dictyostelida)Two-phase life cycle consisting of what?Mobile (feeding), and Stationary (Reproductive)subgroups opisthokonts?Nucleariids Fungi Choanoflagellates AnimalsUnique characteristic of Choanflagellates ?Most common ancestor of all animalsWhat do choanflagellates use to feed?CollarWhat kind of receptor is found in sponges (Choanflagellates)?surface tyrosine kinaseHow do choanflagellates move?single emergent flagellum, surrounded by funnel-shaped contractile collar