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The organism is a euglenoid. Euglenoids possess a flexible pellicle and two unequal flagella. They photosynthesise in sunlight but behave as heterotrophs by preying on smaller organisms when sunlight is unavailable.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 2: Biological Classification Five Kingdom Classification and Kingdom Plantae Animalia
Paramoecium is a ciliated protozoan. Coordinated movement of its numerous cilia directs water containing food into the gullet. Amoeboid protozoans use pseudopodia, while flagellated protozoans possess flagella.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 2: Biological Classification Protista - Euglenoids Slime Moulds Protozoans
Amoeboid protozoans may live in fresh water, sea water or moist soil. They move and capture prey by extending pseudopodia, or false feet.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 2: Biological Classification Protista - Euglenoids Slime Moulds Protozoans
Under suitable conditions, slime moulds form an aggregation called a plasmodium. This structure may grow and spread over an area of several feet.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 2: Biological Classification Protista - Euglenoids Slime Moulds Protozoans
Dinoflagellates possess stiff cellulose plates on the outer surface of the cell. Their colour may appear yellow, green, brown, blue or red depending on the principal pigments present.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 2: Biological Classification Protista - Chrysophytes and Dinoflagellates
Kingdom Protista includes single-celled eukaryotes with well-defined nuclei and membrane-bound organelles. Sexual reproduction in protists involves cell fusion followed by the formation of a zygote.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 2: Biological Classification Kingdom Monera - Archaebacteria and Eubacteria
