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English: Paramecium:

1, Surface view, showing the disposition of the cilia in longitudinal rows.

2, a, mega-; b, micronucleus; c, junction of ecto- and endosarc; D, pellicle; E, endosarc; f, cilia (much too numerous and crowded); g, trichocysts; g′, same with thread; h, discharged; i, pharynx, its undulating membrane not shown; k, food granules collecting into a bolus; l, m, n, o, food vacuoles, their contents being digested as they pass in the endosarc along the path indicated by the arrows.

3, Outline showing contractile vacuoles in commencing diastole, surrounded by five afferent canals.

4-7 Successive stages of diastole of contractile vacuole.
Date published 1911
Source “Infusoria,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 14, 1911, p. 558, fig. ii.
Author Unknown artistUnknown artist
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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