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Also Known As unicellular organism • Protoctista • Protista

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Paramecium caudatum
Euglena
diatoms; radiolarians
amoeba with extending pseudopodia
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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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Herbert Spencer Jennings
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