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Plasmodium, the malarial parasite, belongs to class:

1. Sarcodina
2. Ciliata
3. Sporozoa
4. Dinophyceae

Correct answer: Sporozoa

Solution

Plasmodium is an apicomplexan protozoan traditionally placed in Sporozoa because it is a parasitic, spore-forming organism with no cilia, flagella, or pseudopodia in its adult stages. That is why it is not grouped with Sarcodina, Ciliata, or Dinophyceae.

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