Question

Hi! I need help with protists and where they live? I am confused!

Answer 1

they live where ever water can be found

Answer 2

do you know what they are or do you need me to explain that also?

Answer 3

Can you tell me anything else about them? Like, a type of protist and which ones are in its phylum?

Answer 4

Sorry just saw your post - please explain what you know! I'd appreciate it :)

Answer 5

Protists are free living organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes. The majority of protists are signal-celled. Some protists divide by way of mitosis, meiosis, or maybe even both. Some types of protists are Phylum Rhizopoda, Forminiferans, and Zoo flagellates

Answer 6

Thanks so much! Where can Forminiferans be found specifically? & why?

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they can be found in all marine environments because they plantic or benthic mode of life

Answer 8

I understand that part, but I can't really find which lakes or oceans in which they are abundant. Can you think of any?

Answer 9

it was in Chilka Lake during November 1997

Answer 10

is that what you needed?

Answer 11

What is that a specific event? I don't understand what you mean... I just want to know which specific lakes, rivers, or oceans that a type of protist lives in.

Answer 12

they live in ALL marine environments so all lakes, all rivers, and all oceans there really isn't any specific, lake, river, or ocean

Answer 13

Hey vtarrete :D, what questions do you have about ecosystem?

Answer 14

Thank you Sowen-Reese!
Hello Jokereq7! :) I have some questions about protists. Did you receive the message I've just sent you?

Answer 15

Your welcome

Answer 16

Foraminifer Protists are in the Protista kingdom. They are often found under rocks. I guess you could go to a tidepool near your location and take a look. In my IB BIo class, we went to a tidepool and checkout alot of stuff. They normally live in the upper ocean, so not to salty. But individuals may live in the deep salty sea. And they are in different kind of shapes. And they look amazily pretty.

http://www.writework.com/essay/biology-notes-phyla-protists-phyla-includes-algea-protists

I guess this could help a little, even though you only can read alittle

Answer 17

Thank you, this helps a lot!

Answer 18

@jokereq7 do you think you could name a type of protist for me?

Answer 19

Other than Forminiferans, that is :)

Answer 20

Protistans are eukaryotes. They have a nucleus, large ribosomes, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, and golgi bodies. Many species have chloroplasts. Some protists divide by way of mitosis, meiosis, or both. The majority of protistians are single-celled, but nearly every lineage also has multicelled forms. Protists are important for the use of food. Saprobes resemble some bacteria and fungi, and some predators and parasites resembles animals. Some are heterotrophs and some are autotrophs. Chytrids, water molds, slime molds, protozans, and sporozans are heterotrophs.

Here is more information I got which is super helpful I hope.

Answer 21

And Protista has three main groups Animal-like protists, Fungus-like protists, and Plant-like protists.

Answer 22

Animal like:Amoeba
Fungus like:Slime molds
plant like: Algae

As I know, these all like in tidepools or deep sea. Algae likes in lakes, so not salt water. And slme molds live on tidepools salty water and Amoeba I think lives on tidepools too. you want to add facebook for future bio help?

Answer 23

Are forminiferans considered a type of protist or not because it is a phylum? Would they be considered a specific type and would that be their scientific name? thank you for all the information! :) and I would add you on facebook but I don't feel comfortable ever adding people I don't know personally on there. Can I fan you on this website and contact you when necessary?

Answer 24

I would say that its just a type of protist. And i belive its a specific type like its in the animal like section. And its totally okay, cuz what I was thinking was the stuff you learn probablly will help me to review for alot of stuff I forgotten, but the thing is I barely come on here, maybe like once a month. So i mean facebook would be the best. But if you don't I'm totally find with it. And go ahead about fanning.

Answer 25

Okay thank you for the help! :D

Answer 26

np

Answer 27

Foraminiferans are most definitely protists, and they have really pretty shells!

Another thing I'd like to add: protists are not all free-living. Many live parasitically or symbiotically in multicellular organisms (both malaria and sleeping sickness are caused by protists!), and some even live inside OTHER protists (e.g. the algae that live inside Paramecium bursaria).

You'll also find a huge number of protists living in the soil: they need water to be active (and soil usually contains at least some), but many species can also tolerate drying out by forming cysts. These cysts can be found floating free in the air all around us.

Answer 28

Thanks so much! That was very helpful! :) @Calliope Thank you everyone for being so kind!!