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Identify a unicellular organism often considered as a connecting link between plants and animals.
Identify a unicellular organism often considered as a connecting link between plants and animals.
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The correct option is A Euglena
Euglena is considered as both plant and animal because it has characteristics of both. Like plants, Euglena has a chloroplast with the help of which it performs autotrophic nutrition by photosynthesis. Like animals it lacks a cell wall, possesses pellicle an anterior invagination, flagellum, eye spot, etc., and capable of obtaining readymade food in dark.
Euglena is considered as both plant and animal because it has characteristics of both. Like plants, Euglena has a chloroplast with the help of which it performs autotrophic nutrition by photosynthesis. Like animals it lacks a cell wall, possesses pellicle an anterior invagination, flagellum, eye spot, etc., and capable of obtaining readymade food in dark.
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