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What are the characteristic features of Euglenoids?

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1) Most of the euglenoids are Fresh Water organisms found in stagnant water.
They have a protein rich layer called pellicle which makes body flexible.
3) They have Two flagella, a short and a long one.
4) The anterior part of the cell bears an invagination consisting of cytostome, cytopharynx and reservoir.
5) Eye .spot or photosensitive stigma is present in the reservoir.
6) They behave as heterotrophs when deprived of sunlight.
7) The reproduction is by longitudinal binary fission.
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