Move by means of pseudopods. Fig 12.17 1. Entamoeba histolytica causes amoebic dysentery 2. Plamodium vivax causes malaria and is spread by the bite of the Anopheles mosquito 2. Toxoplasma gondii has a life cycle involving domestic cats and humans.
Toxoplasmosis is dangerous to pregnant women and their fetuses.
Balantidium coli is the only human parasite in this group. F. Euglenozoa are photoautotrohs and carry on photosynthesis. They move by means of a flagellum at the anterior end. Some lose their cholorophyll and function heterotrophically in the absence of light. Trypanosomes are euglenoids that are hemoflagellates or blood parasites transmitted by the bites of insects.