Protozoans - Sporozoa
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Description:
The characteristic features of Sporozoa are as follows−
- Simple body organisation due to the presence of their parasitic mode of life.
- They are endoparasitic and pathogenic.
- Organelles for locomotion and food capturing is absent since they are parasitic.
- Always heterotrophic and saprozoic in nutrition.
- Generally show alternation of generation between asexual and sexual generation.
- Life cycle always involves the formation of haploid cells caked sporozoites.
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