EUGLENA

Euglena
The euglena organism is eukaryotic!

The euglena has no cell wall

The euglena creates energy in the few chloroplast they and have and go through photosynthesis. They aren't fully autotrophic though.

EUGLENA ALSO GETS ENERGY FROM

• Absorbing nutrients from the pond or lake they live in.
• It euglena can move with flagellum in the front of the organism
• The euglena is both autotrophic and heterotrophic.

The euglena organism is unicellular

The euglena is mobile because of the flagella

Euglena reproduce a sexually

Euglena is a very important organism in the environment it is able to photosynthesize, taking in carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen into the atmosphere so that other organisms can live

FUN FACTS

• They have an eyespot place to see light
• They only live in freshwater
• They know direction