Class Euglenophyceae (Noun)
Meaning
Coextensive with the division Euglenophyta.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The class Euglenophyceae is a group of flagellated protozoa that belongs to the phylum Euglenozoa and is coextensive with the division Euglenophyta.
- Euglenophyceae, a class of eukaryotic flagellates, corresponds to the phylum Euglenozoa in eukaryotic systems and the division Euglenophyta in algal classification systems.
- Euglenozoa-classified organisms fall under the algal division of Euglenophyta which is actually coextensive with class Euglenophyceae.
- Class Euglenophyceae members generally have plant-like characteristics while maintaining their animal-like traits of movement by flagella similar to euglenophytes, the ones in Euglenophyta division.
- Biologically, organisms classified under the division Euglenophyta mostly match class Euglenophyceae which constitute most of the organisms classified as Euglenozoa protists in non-photosynthetic and photosynthetic flagellates.