eu·gle·noid

(yo͞o-glē′noid)

Any of various single-celled aquatic organisms of the phylum (or division) Euglenophyta, characterized by a grooved cell surface, a reddish eyespot, and undulating movement by means of flagella.

[New Latin Euglēna, genus typical of the taxon; see euglena + -oid.]

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eu•gle•noid

(yuˈgli nɔɪd)

also eu•gle•nid

(-nɪd)
adj.

1. of, pertaining to, or resembling euglenas.

2. pertaining to or designating the wormlike movement, produced by wavelike contractions, characteristic of euglenas.

3. a euglena or euglenoid organism.

[1885–95]

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Noun

euglenoid - marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism

euglenid, euglenophyte

alga, algae - primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves

division Euglenophyta, Euglenophyta - free-swimming flagellate algae

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Euglenoid movement in Euglena fusca: evidence for sliding between pellicula strips.

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Clockwise from top left, 'Healing 6 months later', by Kathleen Sheffer; 'Chloroplasts', dying euglenoid alga showing the release of its chloroplasts (green) taken from a polluted lake in Vietnam by Steve Gschmeissner; 'Surface Tension' , a safety pin sitting on the surface of water by Richard Germain; 'Tapeworm', a micrograph of the head of a pork tapeworm by Teresa Zgoda; and cellulose fibres in a Kleenex tissue by Alessandra Menegon

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The euglenoid Euglena cantabrica showed relevant amounts of gallic and protocatechuic acids at mg levels per g DW and a significant antioxidant activity probably due to the presence of the high contents of phenolics.

Phenolic Profile and Antioxidant Activity of Crude Extracts from Microalgae and Cyanobacteria Strains

Euglenoid Blooms in the Flood Plain Wetlands in Barak Valley, Assam, North Eastern India.

Spatio-temporal distribution to phytoplankton in the industrial area of Calabar River, Nigeria

Chrysophytes and euglenoid flagellates recorded higher density at low tide (495.31 [+ or -] 79.33 no/mL and 105.74 [+ or -] 19.55 no/mL) than at high tide (124.25 [+ or -] 33.99 no/mL and 68.63 [+ or -] 17.78 no/mL) (Figure 3).

Tidal influence on nutrients status and phytoplankton population of Okpoka Creek, Upper Bonny Estuary, Nigeria

Epibiotic euglenoid flagellates increase the susceptibility of some zooplankton to fish predation.

Prevalence of Colacium vesiculosum (Colaciales: Euglenophyceae) on planktonic crustaceans in a subtropical shallow lake of Argentina

For phycologists and protozoologists, as well as for ecologists or managers involved with wetland systems, this elegantly prepared, beautifully illustrated book (at a surprisingly low price) represents a portion of the work from The Euglenoid Project at Michigan State University, which is supported financially by a grant from The National Science Foundation's Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET).

A color atlas of photosynthetic euglenoids