PROTOZOA: INFUSORIA. 



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the position of the Infusoria cannot be looked upon as defi- 

 nitely settled. There is a growing opinion amongst competent 

 authorities that the Infusoria should be entirely removed from 



Fig. ll.Noctiluca miliaris, greatly enlarged. 



the Protozoa, and that they should be placed amongst the An- 

 nuloida, having their nearest allies in the Turbellarian Worms. 

 If this change be carried out, the Infusoria and Rotifera, which 

 older naturalists grouped together, and which modern ob- 

 servers have placed widely apart, will be again brought nearly 

 together. 



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