PHYLUM PROTOZOA 



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The body of Euglena (£, H) is spindle-shaped, and has 

 at the blunt anterior end a depression, the gullet (F ces), 

 from the inner surface of which springs a single long flagellurn 

 (fl). The organism is propelled through the water by the 



lashing movements of the fiagellum, which is always directed 

 forwards ; it can also perform slow, worm-like movements of 

 contraction and expansion {A — D), but anything like the 



