Magosphaera planula
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| Image from "La Nature - Revue des Sciences", 1879: 1. Ovular phase of the Magosphere - 2. Segmentation of the egg inside the cyst. - 3. An adult magosphere whose surface is at the focus of the microscope. - 4. The same one, whose equatorial plane is placed at the microscope's focus to show the internal disposition of the cells. - 5, 6, 7: Cells of the Magosphere after their isolation, taking various amoeboid forms before encysting to become an egg. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Protozoa |
| Clade: | Catallacta |
| Genus: | Magosphaera
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| Species: | M. planula
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| Binomial name | |
| Magosphaera planula Haeckel, 1869
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Magosphaera planula was a spherical
phylogeny
into the early 20th century.
References
- Andrew Reynolds & Norbert Hülsman (2008). "Ernst Haeckel's discovery of Magosphaera planula: a vestige of metazoan origins?". PMID 19579709.
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