CHAPTER XVI 



Class 



THE PROTOZOA 



CLASSIFICATION OF PROTOZOA 

 Order Genus 



Rhizopoda 



(Sarcodina) 

 These throw out protoplas- 

 mic projections called pseudo- 

 podia. 



Gymnamceba 



Flagellata 



(Mastigophora) 

 These move by means of 

 undulating membranes or 

 flagella. 



Infusoria 



(Ciliata) 



These have contractile vacu- 

 oles and numerous fine cilia 

 which are shorter than flagella 

 and have a sweeping stroke. 



Sporozoa 



These have no motile organs. 

 They live parasitically in the 

 cells or tissues of other animals. 

 Reproduction by spores. 



Entamoeba 



Leydenia 



Spirochaeta 



Schizotrypanum 

 Treponema 



Trypanosoma 



Trichomonas 



Tetramitus 



Lamblia 



Babesia 



Leishmania 



Heterotricha Balantidium 



Coccidiaria 



Eimeria 

 Isospora 



Haemosporidia Plasmodium 



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Species 

 E. coli 



E. histolytica 

 E. tetragena 

 E. gingivalis 



L. gemmipara 



S. recurrentis 

 S. vincenti 

 { S. duttoni 

 S. carter! 

 S. refringens 

 S. cruzi 

 T. pallidum 

 T. pertenue 

 T. gambiense 

 T. rhodesiense 

 T. vaginalis 

 T. intestinalis 

 T. mesnili. 

 L. intestinalis 

 B. bigemina 

 L. donovani 

 L. tropica 

 L. infantum 

 B. coli 



E. stiedae 

 I. bigemina 



P. vivax 

 P. malariae 

 P. falciparum 



