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Plus I simply like looking at the moon through my small telescope and looking at Vorticella and Paramecium through my small microscope, and knowing the labels and descriptions for what I am seeing.
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A species of _Vorticella_ was probably the first Protozoan that was ever observed.
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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In _Vorticella_ the products of fission do not separate, and certain advantages accrue from the organic continuity thus maintained.
The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Henry Edward Crampton
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The primal duties of each family are unchanged, and their biological activities are identical, as in the protozoön colony of _Vorticella_ or in a pack of wolves; but certain new relations are established.
The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Henry Edward Crampton
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Some species of the bell-animalcule, _Vorticella_, provide characteristic examples of these primitive compound protozoa.
The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Henry Edward Crampton
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I was observing with some pertinacity _Vorticella convallaria_; for one of the calices in a group under observation was in a strange and semi-encysted state, while the remainder were in full normal activity.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 Various
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Some of the transitional forms have been specified to show how the second kind originates from the first, and how in its turn this grows in time into the third and most complex association; thus _Vorticella_ and
The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Henry Edward Crampton
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(_Paramoecium_) (Fig. 11), and the "bell-animalcule" (_Vorticella_) (Fig. 12) are two common representatives.
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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_Vorticella_, for they fall into two classes which are distinguished by certain structural and functional characteristics.
The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Henry Edward Crampton
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This fiber is analogous to the myonemes in _Vorticella_.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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