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PROTOZOOLOGY 



it is taken into the endoplasm. Chen (1950) observed Peranema feed- 

 ing on immobile organisms. When the tip of the anterior flagellum 

 comes in contact with an immobile Euglena, the whole flagellum 



Fig. 35. a, eight outline sketches of a Trichonympha campanula, in- 

 gesting a large particle of food, XI 50 (Emik); b, four outline sketches of 

 a Peranema trichophorum feeding on an immobile Euglena (Chen). 



beats actively and the body contracts, followed by elongation. The 

 process is repeated several times until the body touches Euglena. 

 Then the cytostome stretches open, the oral rods move up, protrude 

 from the body and become attached to Euglena. Peranema advances 



