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Cell Structure, Metabolism, and Motility

Different types of motility in protists

Different types of motility in protists

Protists use various methods for transportation. (a) A paramecium waves hair-like appendages called cilia. (b) An amoeba uses lobe-like pseudopodia to anchor itself to a solid surface and pull itself forward. (c) Euglena uses a whip-like tail called a flagellum.

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