Ehrenberg's eye animal

Ehrenberg's eye animal
Systematics
without rank: Euglenozoa without rank: Euglenida without rank: Euglenophyceae without rank: Euglenea Genre : Eye animals ( euglena ) Type : Ehrenberg's eye animal
Scientific name
Euglena ehrenbergii
GA Klebs , 1883

Ehrenberg's eye animal ( Euglena ehrenbergii ) is a type of protist from the genus of the eye animal ( Euglena ). It occurs in oxygen-rich, clear, stagnant waters.

features

Euglena ehrenbergii is 170 to 400 micrometers long. The cells are elongated, flattened, and often twisted. You are metabolically lively. The membrane is striped in a spiral. There are disc-shaped chloroplasts . The scourge is half the length of the body.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in the water drop. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-11966-2

Web links

• Euglena ehrenbergii at www.algaebase.org