Question

Two members of the excavate clade that can cause disease are:______. a. euglenids and kinetoplastids. b. dinoflagellates and apicomplexans. c. loboseans and plasmodial slime molds. d. cercozoans and foraminiferans. e. diplomonads and parabasalids.

Answer 1

Answer:

Two members of the excavate clade that can cause disease are diplomonads and parabasalids

Explanation:

The excavate clade comprises of unicellular organisms which are eukaryotic. This group contains free-living organisms as well as organisms which form symbiotic relationships.

The diplomonads can be described as a group of flagellates which are considered to be parasitic. Some of them are even parasites to the humans.

The parabasalids are a group of flagellated protists within the supergroup Excavata. These organisms also form parasitic relationships.