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Paramecium caudatum

diatoms; radiolarians

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

amoeba with extending pseudopodia

blackwater fever

General features of a paramecium.

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

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

Motile colonies of Volvox aureus. Volvox colonies move through...

Video: Video: © Lebendkulturen.de/Shutterstock.com; music: Markus Staab/Musopen.org, Variations for the Healing of Arinushka by Arvo Pärt

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Paramecium caudatum

Paramecium caudatum

Paramecium caudatum is an example of a protist.

John J. Lee

Euglena

Euglena

Euglena gracilis (highly magnified) in fresh water. Single-celled Euglena...

Walter Dawn

diatoms; radiolarians

diatoms; radiolarians

Diatoms and radiolarians.

© Peter Parks/Oxford Scientific Films

amoeba with extending pseudopodia

amoeba with extending pseudopodia

Fingerlike extensions from the amoeba's single cell are called pseudopodia, or false...

Russ Kinne/Photo Researchers

Chlamydomonas

Chlamydomonas

Chlamydomonas.

J.M. Langham

blackwater fever

blackwater fever

Micrograph of blood cells showing ring-forms (circular organisms within the cells)...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Image Numer: 5856)

General features of a paramecium.

General features of a paramecium.

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