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FAMILY: TEICHOMOXADIDiE 



and two flagellates formed. They often remained united by the tips of 

 the axostyles for some time before finally separating. In this process of 

 division, as the blepharoplasts separate from one another, they are at 



Fig. 272. — Trichomonas oiigfttsf a, illustrating the Structure of the Flagellate 

 AXD the View that the Axostyle Splits Longitudinally during Division 

 (;< 1,450). (After Kofoid and Swezy, 1915.) 



first connected by a paradesmose, as explained above, while passing from 

 each blepharoplast in another direction is a limb of the dividing axostyle. 

 As the blepharoplasts take up positions at opposite poles of the elongated 

 body of the flagellate the axostyle becomes completely divided, and as the 



