Question

euglena is called plant-animal. why​

Answer 1

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Euglena is called plant-animal because it possess characteristics of both plants and animals. Like plants, Euglena has chloroplast by which it can synthesise its own food by the process of photosynthesis. Like animals, Euglena does not have cell wall and acts as a heterotroph in dark.

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Answer 2

Answer: plant characters-

Euglena has the characters of both plants and animals. Euglena carries out photosynthesis as they have chloroplasts within the body of the cell which enables them to feed by autotrophy, like plants.

Animal characters-

1.Possession of an eyes.

2.Possession of Pellicle.

3.Possession of a gullet and a food reservoir.

4.Possession of Flagellum for movement.

5.In the absence of light, Nutrition is holozoic.

For this mixed characteristics euglea called plant animal .

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