State all the plants and animals characteristics of euglena
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Euglena is an organism that has both plant and animal characteristics. It is a large genus of unicellular protists .They live in water and move by means of flagellum.
Animal characteristics of euglena
-Possession of eyes(part for light deflection)
- possession of pellicle
-possession of a gullet and a food reservoir
- possession of flagellum for movement
- possession of myonemes for movement
- Contraction of contractive vacuole for osmoregulation.
- Nutrition is holozoic in the absence of light.
Plant characteristics of euglena
-It has chlorophyll for photosynthesis
-It uses holophytic mode of nutrition of light is present.
-Possession of pyrenoid
-Carbhohydrates or food is stored in the form of starch granules.
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