Difference between Paramecium and Euglena
Difference between Paramecium and Euglena are in tabular form below –
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Paramecium |
Euglena |
Definition |
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1. | A small unicellular organism which belongs to the kingdom Protista and can move, reproduce and digest food, this is referred as paramecium. | An organism which belongs to kingdom Protista and can distort their bodies to change direction, it uses flagellum for movement, and this is referred as Euglena. |
Chloroplasts |
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2. | It does not have chloroplast. | It contains chloroplast. |
Sensitive |
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3. | Paramecium is a temperature sensitive. | Euglena is a light sensitive. |
Reproduction |
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4. | Both sexual and asexual reproduction takes place in the Paramecium. | Only asexual reproduction takes place in the euglena. |
Animal or Plant like organism. |
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5. | This is an animal like organism. | This is a plant like organism or animal like organism. |
Locomotion |
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6. | Locomotion of paramecium occurs through cilia. | Locomotion of euglena occurs through flagellum. |
Food particles |
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It does ingest food particles but it catches food by predation. | It ingests food particles but it does not catches food by predation. |