In certain Sarcodina such as Amoeba and Pelornyxa, refringent 

 bodies occur conspicuously in the cytoplasm. They were first noticed 

 in Pelornyxa palustris by Green" (1874) who called them "Glanz- 

 korper." Stole (1900) and Leiner (1924) considered them as glycogen 

 enclosed within a membrane and associated intimately with the 



