Apicomplexans
A) possess flagella in all phases of the life cycle.
B) possess a glassy shell.
C) are all parasitic.
D) are algae.
E) include the trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness.

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Apicomplexans are a group of parasitic protists that includes Plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria, and Toxoplasma, which can infect humans and animals. They do not possess flagella in most phases of their life cycle and do not have a glassy shell. They are also not algae and are not related to the trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness.