Euglenophyta, a division of highly differentiated algal flagellates were probably first described by Antony van Leeuwenhoek, the pioneer in the study of protists in the seventeenth century, but it was not until 1838 when Ehrenberg described Euglena , for which the division is named and whose features characterize the attributes of Euglenophyta, was there a detailed account of the euglenoids.
Predominately inhabitants of the freshwater environment, these unicellular flagellates are cylindrical, ovoid to fusiform, microscopic plants of eukaryotic organization (possessing a true nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles) with usually two flagella for locomotion, an undifferentiated cell wall, and chloroplasts; colorless varieties are known (Fig. 1). The flagellar arrangement is atypical in that there is a longer emergent flagella of the tinsel variety (pantonematic), but the mastigonemes (hairs) are located on only one side of the flagella; a condition referred to as “stichonematic” in...
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Bloeser, B. (1982). Euglenophyta . In: Beaches and Coastal Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30843-1_178
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