3 Main Phyla
- Chlorophyta - Green Algae
- Chytridomycota - Chytrids
- Rhizopoda - Amoebas
Common Organism
Apicomplexa
Causes Malaria
Genus name Plasmodium
Species name vivax
Live all around the Earth
Usually make own food
5 Interesting Facts
Causes mosquitoes to put saliva in human host
Plasodium vivax undergo its asexual cycle in red blood cells
Infected person then feels chills and other symptoms
Afflicts about 300 million people annually world wide
Kills more than 3 million per year
Other Links
Kingdom Protista
Protista
Group of Phylums
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