ʻO ka ʻōiwi kukui ʻo Euglena ʻōmaʻomaʻo oblong cell a uhiia ʻili i heaia pelicula. Ua kuhikuhi ʻia ka hope o ke kino, ke kuʻi ʻana o ka hope i mua a he ʻelua maualaha, ka ʻohi o kekahi, he pōkole, a he lōʻihi ka lua, a lahilahi, e lawelawe ai e neʻe ai. Hāpai ʻo Euglena i nā ʻōnaehana 40 mau kekona i kekona me kahi hae, ma muli o ka hope o ke kua o ke kino e neʻe nei i ka wai. Halekela lua (pōkole) ʻAʻole ia e hana ma waho o ka pelicule. Noho ʻo nui i loko o ka wai kūloe, kahi nui o nā ʻoka polū ʻōpala. He ʻāpana liʻiliʻi kona - a i hiki i 200 microns (0.2 mm).
ʻO ka hana ʻōnaehana
Loaʻa ke ʻano like o ke kino, me ka pohō ka ʻili o ke kino. Aia i nā selana nā meaola like ʻole:
- wahi nui ',
- iwakāluakūlau
- ka hoʻohui ʻana o nā mea kanu E lawelawe ana he mea ia i ka wā ʻaʻole nui ka ʻai
- peepila - kekahi kiko kiʻi photosensitive o kahi ʻulaʻula. ʻAʻole kēia he ʻike a ʻike ʻo euglena i kēia mālamā me kēia maka, ua ʻike pū ʻo ia me kēia ʻuhane,
- hāleʻa hoʻokaʻawale - Aia ia ma ka hale hana, e hoʻomaikaʻi iā ia euglena i kahi kahe nui o ka wai nui a me nā mea kino i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i loko. ʻO ka inoa "kirimile" i loaʻa no ka mea i hoʻemi ʻia i ka wā o ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i nā mea pono ʻole a me ka wai ma waho o ke kino.
He kiʻi kohu kiʻi (stigma) ke aniani, ma muli o ke ʻano o ka euglena e hoʻomālamalama ai (phototaxis). I loko o nā pūnaewele euglena, aia nā chromatophores e loaʻa ana i ka chlorophyll, no ka euglena ke hiki ke hoʻokō i nā kaʻina photosynthesis ma lalo o ke ʻano kukui.
Mea ʻai
I ka mālamalama aniani o ka euglena, e like me nā mea kanu, hoʻohana ia i ka ikehu o ka lā a ma muli o ke kiʻi kiʻi i ka photosynthesis i kāna chloroplasts, nā mea kanu e pono ai no ke ola. No laila, ʻimi ʻo ia no nā wahi ʻokoʻa. ʻO nā huahana pākuʻu he paramilon i leukosin, ka mea i kālai ʻia i loko o ke ʻano o nā mea laʻa. Hiki ke hānai iā Euglena me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka osmosis a i ʻole recess kino (heterotrophs). Hoʻopau kēia i nā spekensies e noho ana i ka pōʻeleʻele a ua nalowale i ka chlorophyll, a i ʻole nele i ka chromatophore. Ma ka hōʻino ʻana i ka mea hoʻokeʻo osmotic i loko o ka pūnaewele a me nā huahana o ke hoʻololi ʻana o nā ʻano mea, e pili ana nā huki kolepa.
ʻO ka hoʻonaʻauao Cyst
Ma lalo o nā kūlana maikaʻi ʻole o ka noho ʻana, no ka laʻana, i ka manawa kai a me ka nui o ke kō o ka wai, ua pau ia i ka hānai a me ka neʻe ʻana, ua puʻupuʻu ʻia kona kino a uhi ʻia me kahi uhi pale koʻikoʻi, nalo ka hae. No laila aia kahi loli o ka euglena hoʻomaha, i kapa ʻia he cyst. ʻO kēia moku'āina, hiki iā ia ke kali i ka manawa lōʻihi no nā kūlana ola kino.
ʻAno hānau
Ua hoʻohalahala ʻo Euglena e ka asexual, longitudinal division, ka mea (ma hope o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka nucleus) mai ke kino nui a me nā hae. Hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā nuclei ʻelua, a laila hana ʻia ʻelua flagella, ʻelua mau ʻāpana kekahē a me nā papa ʻelua. ʻOi aku ma ke kino holoʻokoʻa ka puka ana o kahi puʻupuʻu lōʻihi ka lōʻihi, e hoʻokaʻawale ana i nā ʻāpana i ka hapalua.