- Zooflagellates are unicellular.
- They are heterotrophic.
- They Ingest and absorb nutrients from organisms that are either living or dead
- They have a drawn-out body that has one or more flagella to help it move.
- It contains one very large nucleus
- They mostly asexually reproduce by binary fission because sexual reproduction is rare
- Most Zooflagellates are free-living, though some can be parasites.
- They live in freshwater and some inside of organisms.
- They are animal-like protist.
- Very few are colonial.
- They cause diseases in humans, such as the African sleeping sickness.
- They are in either a symbiotic or a parasitic relationship with other organisms.
Examples
Giardia
Trypanosoma
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Trichonympha
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