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  4. Assertion: Euglena is called as plant animal. Reason: Pellicle of Euglena is made up of cellulose and not protein.

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Q. Assertion: Euglena is called as plant animal.
Reason : Pellicle of Euglena is made up of cellulose and not protein.

Biological Classification

Solution:

Euglena is studied as plant as well as animal. It is called plant animal. Plant characters of Euglena are presence of chloroplasts with chlorophyll and holophytic (photosynthetic) nutrition in presence of light. Animal characters of Euglena are presence of pellicle which is made up of proteins and not of cellulose, presence of stigma and paraflagellar body (photosensitive structures), presence of contractile vacuole (not found in plants) and presence of longitudinal binary fission.