Match the type of protozoans given in column-I with their examples given in column-II and choose the correct option.
Column-I(Type of protozoans) | Column-II (Examples) | ||
(A) | Amoeboid protozoans | (I) | Paramecium |
(B) | Ciliated protozoans | (II) | Plasmodium |
(C) | Flagellated protozoans | (III) | Amoeba |
(D) | Sporozoans | (IV) | Trypanosoma |
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• Amoeboid protozoans (A-III): These organisms move and capture prey by putting out pseudopodia (false feet). Amoeba is the classic example.
• Ciliated protozoans (B-I): These are aquatic organisms that use thousands of hair-like cilia for movement and to steer food into their gullet. Paramecium is a well-known ciliated protozoan.
• Flagellated protozoans (C-IV): Members of this group have flagella for locomotion. A common parasitic example is Trypanosoma, which causes sleeping sickness.
• Sporozoans (D-II): This group includes organisms that have an infectious spore-like stage in their life cycle and are generally non-motile in their adult form. Plasmodium (the malaria parasite) is the most notorious sporozoan.
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