Ameba Information Essay, Research Paper
Scientific name – Kingdom- Protista, Phylum- Saccoina, Class- Rhizopodea, Order- Amoebida, Family- NA, Genus- Ameba, Species- proteusDescription – Amebas are one of the simplest organisms with animal characteristics. They consist of a single cell that is only about one hundredth of an inch long and it can only be seen through a microscope. The ameba’s body is shapeless and is a jelly like mass of material called protoplasm. Its cytoplasm is transparent. The central area is called the endoplasm and it contains the nucleus. The endoplasm also contains contractile vacuoles, which look like clear bubbles. They move by amoeboid motion. Which is where the ameba expands and contracts it pseudopodia, or bulges in the ameba’s body, in regular intervals. The rest of the body