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Is the mosquito a protozoan?


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Mosquito:

  1. These organisms are multicellular, triploblastic, and coelomate.
  2. These organisms have jointed appendages.
  3. They have 2 pairs of wings and 3 pairs of jointed appendages.
  4. Their mouth parts are piercing and sucking type.
  5. They are members of the phylum Arthropoda.

Protozoa:

  1. They are single-celled eukaryotes.
  2. They are either free-living or parasitic organisms example, Amoeba, Paramecium, etc.
  3. The mosquito is an arthropod and not a protozoan.

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