Question

What are the characteristic features of Eugienoide?

Answer 1

• Eugienoide are freshwater organisms found in stagnant water 
• Instead of a cell wall, they have a protein-rich layer called pellicle which make this body flexible. 
• They have two flagella, a short and a long one.
• Though they are photosynthetic in the presence of sunlight, when derived of sunlight they behave like heterotrophs by predating on other smaller organisms.
• pigments of euglenoids are identical to those present in higher plants. eg: Euglena