NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Protozoa can be divided into four phyla based on their locomotion: Mastigophora, Sarcodina, Ciliophora, and Sporozoa.

Detailed explanation-2: -Historically protozoa were divided into four major groups: the ameba, the flagellates, the ciliates, and the sporozoa. The distinguishing features between the groups was based on motility (i.e., ameboid, flagella, cilia).

Detailed explanation-3: -Protozoa are unicellular, heterotrophic, eukaryotic organisms comprising four organization types: amebae, flagellates, ciliates, and parasitic sporozoans.

Detailed explanation-4: -Locomotion in protozoans can be classified into 3 broad types: flagellar locomotion, ciliary locomotion, and amoeboid locomotion. In flagellar locomotion, flagella is a whip-like structure that helps in the movement of a cell or organism.

Detailed explanation-5: -Protozoans exhibit diverse modes of locomotion across the various groups, but the modes of locomotion can be broadly divided into flagellar, ciliary, and amoeboid movement.