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Animal like protists (Consumer protists):
(a) They are the primitive animal forms.
(b) They are also termed as protozoans.
(c) These are heterotrophic and lack cell wall.
(d) Amoeboid protozoans have pseudopodia as locomotory organs. E.g. Amoeba, Entamoeba.
Amoeba is free living form, but Entamoeba is endoparasite and causes amoebic dysentery.
(e) Flagellated protozoans have flagella as locomotory organ. E.g. Trypanosoma.
(f) Cilliated protozoans have cilia for locomotion. E.g. Paramoecium.
(g) Plasmodium is a Sporozoan protozoa. It causes malaria. It forms spores in one of its life stages.
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