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Also Known As	Protoctista • unicellular organism • Protista

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Paramecium caudatum

Highly magnified view of Euglena gracilis, showing numerous green, elongated, leaf-shaped single-celled organisms scattered across a pale background.

diatoms; radiolarians

amoeba with extending pseudopodia

blackwater fever

General features of a paramecium.

Study the coordinated flagellar movement of the motile colonies of Volvox aureus with the immature daughter colonies represented by the dark circles

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Protozoan Algae Parabasalia Haptophyta Acantharia Cryptophyta Myxosporidia Euglenophyta Euglenozoa Chromophyta plant fungus Animal Moneran Bacteria Biology virus taxonomy endangered species Archaea

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Herbert Spencer Jennings

American zoologist

Diversity among heteropterans. lace bug, termite bug, coreid bug, bat bug, toad bug, water strider, backswimmer, bedbug, stinkbug, water scorpion, plant bug, insects

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