EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Euglena belongs to the kingdom Protista. Protists are eukaryotic organisms that cannot be classified as a plant, animal, or fungus. They are mostly unicellular, but some, like algae, are multicellular. Amoeba, euglena and paramecium are some of the organisms that belong to kingdom protists.

Detailed explanation-2: -Euglena are unicellular organisms classified into the Kingdom Protista, and the Phylum Euglenophyta. All euglena have chloroplasts and can make their own food by photosynthesis.

Detailed explanation-3: -Currently, Euglena is classified in the Kingdom Excavata. “Protist” is now used to denote eukaryotic organisms that are unicellular or are multicellular without tissues.

Detailed explanation-4: -As photosynthetic protists, Euglena have a taxonomy that is somewhat contentious, and the genus is usually placed in the phylum Euglenozoa. Previous classifications placed the genus in the algal phylum Euglenophyta.

Detailed explanation-5: -Euglena is a single-celled organism with a well-defined nucleus, it uses flagella for locomotion, all these characteristics are similar to the organisms belonging to the kingdom Protista.