Biological Classification Question 74

74. Plasmodium, the malarial parasite, belongs to class

(a) Sarcodina

(b) Ciliata

(c) Sporozoa

(d) Dinophyceae

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Answer : c

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(c) Plasmodium belongs to class Sporozoa of protozoan protists. It is an endoparasite lacking any locomotory structure and contractile vacules. It reproduces through spore formation.