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MASTIGOPHORA

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 873 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MASTIGOPHORA  , a

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group of
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Protozoa, moving and ingesting
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food by
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long flagella (Gr. isav-
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rc ,
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whip), usually few in number, and multiplying by fission, usually
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longitudinal, in the active
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condition . They were separated off from the
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rest of the old "
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Infusoria " by K . Diising, and subdivided by O . Biitschli and E . R . Lankester into (I)
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Flagellata (q.v.), including Haemoflagellata (q.v.), (2)
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Dinoflagellata (q.v.) and Rhyncho =
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Cystoflagellata E .
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Haeckel (q.v.) = Rhynchoflagellata E . R . Lankester . The Mastigophora are frequently termed Flagellata or Flagellates .

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