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Paramecium is a singled cell organism. It belongs in the kingdom, protista, and the phylum, ciliaphora. This is often called Lady Slipper.
Other protozoans include the amoeba and the organisms that cause malaria and African sleeping sickness. Paramecia belong to a group of protists called protozoans, organisms that behave like animals. The paramecium, like other protozoans, must consume food to survive. Other protists, such as algae, can make their own food like plants. The slime molds are protists that exhibit behaviors similar to fungi.