Answer the following question: Q: Many of the protist species classified into the supergroup excavata are asymmetrical, single-celled organisms with a feeding groove "excavated" from one side. this supergroup includes heterotrophic predators, photosynthetic species, and these? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: Excavata Many of the protist species classified into the supergroup Excavata are asymmetrical, single-celled organisms with a feeding groove "excavated" from one side. This supergroup includes heterotrophic predators, photosynthetic species, and parasites. Its subgroups are the diplomonads, parabasalids, and euglenozoans. Diplomonads Among the Excavata are the diplomonads, which include the intestinal parasite, Giardia lamblia (Figure 23.10). Until recently, these protists were believed to lack mitochondria. Mitochondrial remnant organelles, called mitosomes, have since been identified in diplomonads, but these mitosomes are essentially nonfunctional. Diplomonads exist in anaerobic environments and use alternative pathways, such as glycolysis, to generate energy. Each diplomonad cell has two identical nuclei and uses several flagella for locomotion. Choices: - insects - reptiles - mammals - parasites A:
Answer:
parasites