Act 3 & 4: Animal Cell Snippets

Amoeba HPO 400X

Scientific Classification

Domain:          Eurkaryota

Kingdom:        Protista

Phylum:          Amoebozoa

Subphylum:   Lobosa

Class:             Tubulinea

Subclass:       Sarcodia

Order:             Tubulinida

Family:           Amoebidae

Genus:           Amoeba

Description

                                Unicellular 

Shape:                   Amorphous organism with fingerlike extensions called pseudopods for 

                                movement and for  obtaining food.

Reproduction:       Asexual reproduction via mitosis and cytokinesis

Other Features:    one or two nuclei, has a simple contractile vacuole for osmoregulation

Links:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pR7TNzJ_pA
• http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/amoeba.htm
• Brain-eating amoeba
• http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artsep01/amoeba.html

Paramecium HPO 400X

Scientific Classification

Domain:            Eurkaryota

Kingdom:          Chromalveolata

Superphylum:  Alveolata

Phylum:            Ciliophora

Class:               Ciliatea

Order:               Peniculida

Family:             Parameciidae

Genus:             Paramecium

Species            Paramecium aurelia

                          Paramecium bursaria

                          Paramecium caudatum

                          Paramecium tetraurelia

Description 
Unicellular ciliated protozoaheterotrophic
shape: prolate spheroid

Links: 

• http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/paramecium.htm