Phylum Protozoa (Primitive Animals)

Amoeba

• Unicellular (single celled) animals.

• Aquatic, free-living or parasitic organisms.

• Locomotion with the help of finger-like projections called pseudopodia, cilia or flagella.

• Nutrition is heterotropic.

• Reproduction is by binary or multiple fission and conjugation.

Example: Amoeba, Euglena, Paramecium, Plasmodium.