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"Ur-schleim," which must, I think, be regarded as a new form of those simple animated beings which have recently been so well described by Haeckel in his "Monographie der Moneras" page 210.
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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Take away the cysts which characterise the Radiolaria, and a dead Sphaerozoum would very nearly represent one of this deep-sea "Ur-schleim," which must, I think, be regarded as a new form of those simple animated beings which have recently been so well described by Haeckel in his
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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