VOCABULARY LIST 2 - Life Cycles, Protista

asexual/sexual reproduction
haploid/diploid
homologous chromosomes
mitosis/meiosis
gamete
zygote
spore
zygotic meiosis
gametic meiosis
sporic meiosis
gametophyte
sporophyte
syngamy
isomorphic/heteromorphic
homospory/heterospory
isogamy/anisogamy (oogamy)
unicellular/colonial/multicellular

kingdom Protista
phylum Diplomonadida
paired nuclei
ex. Giardia intestinalis
phylum Parabasala
parabasal body
ex. Trichomonas vaginalis
phylum Kinetoplastida
kinetoplast
ex. Trypanosoma brucei
African sleeping sickness
tsetse fly
phylum Euglenozoa (Euglenophyta)
ex. Euglena
stigma
phototaxis
phylum Dinoflagellata
dinoflagellates
longitudinal and encircling flagella
ex. Gymnodinium
red tide organism
bloom
phylum Apicomplexa
spore forming parasites
ex. Plasmodium spp.
malaria
Plasmodium life cycle
sporozoite
merozoite
trophozoite
gametocyte
gamete
zygote
oocyst
phylum Ciliophora
ciliates
ex. Paramecium multimicronucleatum
contractile vacuole
pellicle
micro- and macronuclei
oral groove
cytostome
cytopharynx
food vacuole
cytoproct
exocytosis
cirrus (-i)
membranelle
myoneme
phylum Oomycota
water molds
phylum Bacillariophyta
diatoms
silicious frustule
valves
diatomaceous earth
centric/pennate
phylum Phaeophyta
brown algae, kelp
holdfast, stipe, blade
meristem
phylum Rhodophyta
red algae
agar, carageenan
phylum Gymnamoeba
pseudopods
lobopodia
ectoplasm/endoplasm
phylum Radiolaria, radiolarians
axopodia, silicious tests
phylum Foraminifera
chambered calcareous tests
reticulopodia
phylum Myxomycota
plasmodial slime molds
plasmodium
life cycle
phylum Chlorophyta
green algae
ex. Volvox
colonial
cellular specialization
daughter colonies
ex. Chlamydomonas
life cycle
zoospores
zygospore
chloroplast
flagella
starch granule (pyrenoid)
cell wall
cell membrane