Euglenoids

Euglenoids (Euglenids)

Protistes flagellés

Protistas

Euglenoids

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Euglena are common protists, of the class Euglenoidea of the phylum Euglenophyta. A euglena is a protist that can eat food like animals do (partly heterotrophic) and can make food like plants do (partly autotrophic). Euglena can surround a particle of food and eat it (phagocytosis). Many Euglena contain chloroplasts and chlorophyll a and b. Euglena live in fresh water, salt water and in the soil. Many Euglena are able to move by using a flagellum, a long whip-like structure. When the water dries up, a euglena forms a thick protective wall around itself and lies dormant in the form of a spore until the environment improves. It reproduces by fission like amoeba.

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