Euglenophyceae
Sign in to saveEuglenophyceae (ICNafp, proposed as a class) or Euglenea (ICZN, proposed as a class) is an unranked clade of single-celled algae belonging to the phylum Euglenozoa. They have chloroplasts originated from an event of secondary endosymbiosis with a green alga. They are distinguished from other algae by the presence of paramylon as a storage product and three membranes surrounding each chloroplast.
Species
ユーグレナ藻／ミドリムシ藻綱
CLASS
- KingdomProtozoa
- PhylumEuglenozoa
- ClassEuglenoidea
via GBIF
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Ecology
- Classification
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Euglenophyceae (ICNafp, proposed as a class) or Euglenea (ICZN, proposed as a class) is an unranked clade of single-celled algae belonging to the phylum Euglenozoa. They have chloroplasts originated from an event of secondary endosymbiosis with a green alga. They are distinguished from other algae by the presence of paramylon as a storage product and three membranes surrounding each chloroplast.
== Description ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Euglenophyceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.