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ACINETA (so named by C. G. Ehrenberg)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 148 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ACINETA (so named by C. G. Ehrenberg)

ACINETA (so named by C. G. See also:
EHRENBERG, CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED (1795-1876)
Ehrenberg) , a genus of suctorial See also:

INFUSORIA

Infusoria characterized by the See also:

possession of a stalk and See also:

CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup-shaped sheath or theca for the See also:

BODY

body, and endogenous 'budding . O . Biitschli has separated off the genus Metacineta (for A. mystacina), which reproduces by See also:

DIRECT

direct bud-fission .

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