Question

Didinium are carnivorous protista, that prey on other, slower moving protista. a student is studying didinium feeding rates after 1, 3, and 5 days of food deprivation. how should she classify the organism she is studying?

Answer 1

The protista are the organism having a true nucleus and other membbrane bound organelles. hence, they are classified as the eukaryotes.

The Didinium is a prostist having unicelullar ciliates, they are aquatic and feed on the other smaller protists, mainly paramecium, sometimes they also feed on other ciliates. Hence, the Didinium belongs to the Eukaryotic consumers.