Write the features of class-sarcodina.
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Sarcodina, the largest phylum (11,500 living species and 33,000 fossil species) of protozoans ). It comprises the amebas and related organisms. Following are the features of sarcodina:
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1. Sarcodina are heterotrophic and holozoic in nutrition.
2. Asexual reproduction (budding or division) occurs by either binary fission or multiple fission.
3. Some show sexual reproduction by syngamy (Fusion of two gametes).
4. Sarcodines may be either solitary or colonial.
5. Most sarcodines are free-living, feeding on bacteria, algae, other protozoans, or organic debris.
6. The genera are distinguished by the structure of their pseudopodia.
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