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What does Euglena mean?

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Euglena is a genus of unicellular flagellate protists. It is known mostly and is a widely studied member of the phylum Euglenozoa. Euglenozoa comprises 44 genera and perhaps as many as 800 separate species.

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a single-celled freshwater organism that has appendages flagella for locomotion and produces its food by photosynthesis. Genus: Euglena

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What is the scientific name for euglena?

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This is a euglena, a type of protist. I have never heard of a euglena oval but under a microscope, euglena have an oval shape within them.


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euglena does indeed have chrlorplasts.


What species is euglena?

Euglena is a genus. So Euglena has (or includes) species. Remember the order? Domain, Kingdom, ...... genus, species.


Is the chloroplast found in the euglena?

Euglena is an algae.Chloroplasts are present in them.


What shows you that a eulena is a autotroph?

I assume that you mean Euglena and not eulena. In Euglena there is the presence of Chlorophyll in Chloroplasts (the chloroplasts give it the greenish color). Chloroplasts are basically the way that basically all autotrophs make food. The chloroplasts are filled with chlorophyll which is involved in photosynthesis. Therefore, since chloroplasts are found in autotrophs and Euglena has chloroplasts, it only makes sense that Euglena is an autotroph


Species and genus name of euglena?

Euglena is actually the genus name as well as the common name for this organism. Finding the exact species is difficult, because the genus Euglena has dozens of species in it.See the Related Links for more information about the genus Euglena as well as a list of the species in this genus.


Why do euglena cells move?

Euglena have flagella that provides them with locomotion.


Is euglena a common example of an organism from the flagellate group?

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Do euglena reproduce sexually?

Euglena reproudces asexually not sexually