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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 471 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PROTEOMYRA , a name given by E. See also:

Ray Lankester (Ency. Brit., 9th ed., 1885, See also:art. " See also:Protozoa, ") to a See also:group of Protozoa See also:Sarcodina. The group was really recognized as distinct by Cienkowski and by Zopf, receiving the name of Monadinea from d 1, See also:Vampyrella spirogyrae, Cienk., See also:amoeba phase penetrating a See also:cell of Spirogyra b, by a See also:process of its See also:protoplasm c, and taking up the substance of the Spirogyra cell, some of which is seen within the Vampyrella a. 2, Large individual of Vampyrella, showing pseudopodia e, and See also:food particles a. The See also:nucleus (though See also:present) is not shown in this See also:drawing. 3, Cyst phase of Vampyrella. The contents of the cyst have divided into four equal parts, of which three are visible. One is commencing to break its way through the cyst-See also:wall f; a, food particles. 4, Archerina boltoni, Lankester, showing lobose and filamentous protoplasm, and three See also:groups of See also:chlorophyll corpuscles. The protoplasm g is engulphing a Bacterium i.

5, Cyst phase of Archerina: a, spinous cyst-wall; b, See also:

green-coloured contents. 6, Chlorophyll corpuscle of Archerina showing tetraschistic See also:division. 7. Actinophryd See also:form of Archerina: b, chlorophyll corpuscles. 8, See also:Protogenes primordialis, See also:Haeckel (Amoeba porrecta, M. See also:Schultze), from Schultze's figure. the former; but as this name had been usually applied to Flagellates and even the zoospores are not always provided with flagella, Lankester's name has become more suitable, and has been adopted by Delage and Herouard (1896) and by Hartog (1906).

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