Sunday, January 18, 2009

Euglena

Euglena
Planktonic, ofen colouring the water green.

Euglena like some other micro-organisms, have features both of an algae (ex: Green, photosynthesis) and Protozoa (moves whip-like flagella). It also had a red eye spot.

You may see this when oberving a larger organism under the microscope.

Classification: Kingdom- Protoctista, Phylum- Discomitochondria.

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