Is a Euglena a protist or algae?
2007-01-01 08:48:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
it is a plant-like protist.
go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euglena
2007-01-01 08:51:15 · answer #1 · answered by Fyrebyrd 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Euglena is problematic. Some Euglenas are photosynthetic: others are not. All are single-celled. Thus, they are both algae and protists. The terms "protist" and "alga," however, are becoming taxonomically meaningless.
Protists are so heterogeneous that they are no longer classified as a single kingdom by up-to-date taxonomists. In this new taxonomy, the Protists have been spit up into 7 or so Kingdoms, and the Euglenozoa have been elevated to a new Kingdom.
2007-01-01 17:26:51 · answer #2 · answered by ivorytowerboy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Euglena is a Protist. Euglena is a genus of microscopic, one-celled organisms in the Protista kingdom.
2007-01-01 16:51:31 · answer #3 · answered by Uzlu2919 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Euglena is definitely a protist! See the following sites:
http://www.jracademy.com/~mlechner/archive1999/euglena.html
http://www.fcps.edu/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/euglena.htm
The last site is good because it explains that assignment of kingdom is difficult for these types of plant-yet-animal-like organisms.
2007-01-01 16:53:14 · answer #4 · answered by teachbio 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋