II. Kingdom Protista

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II. Kingdom Protista

• All are eukaryotic. 
• All have cells with nuclei. 
• All live in moist environments.
• Can be unicellular or multicellular. 
• Can be microscopic or over 100 meters (300 feet)
  long. 
• Some are heterotrophs, while others are
  autotrophs.

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Protista that are classified to
Animal-like protista called protozoa
Plant-like protista called True-algae
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Plant like Protista (True-algae)

• Photosynthetic their nutrition is plant-like.
• Almost all of them have chlorophyll a, most have
  chlorophyll c, but only a few have chlorophyll b.
  
• They also have a variety of carotenoids and other
  pigments

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• The most common are
• Chlorophyta
• Euglenophyta
• Bacillariophyta (diatoms)
• Phaeophyta
• Rhodophyta.

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Chlorophyta (Green algae)

• chlorophyll main pigment.
• Most live in fresh water, although some marine
  species exist.
• Cell walls are composed of cellulose.
• Green algae can be
• unicellular colonial
  multicellular
• e.g.
• Chlamydomonas Volvox
  Spirogyra

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Chlamydomonas
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Volvox
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Spirogyra