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Definition of Arcellidae
1. Noun. Soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan in distribution.
Exact synonyms: Family Arcellidae
Generic synonyms: Protoctist Family
Group relationships: Order Testacea, Testacea
Member holonyms: Genus Arcella
Generic synonyms: Protoctist Family
Group relationships: Order Testacea, Testacea
Member holonyms: Genus Arcella
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arcellidae
Literary usage of Arcellidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"arcellidae. Shell membranous and consisting of a single chamber, ... Key to the
genera of arcellidae here described: a, Shell covered with sand or other ..."
2. Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin (1889)
"... probably one of the arcellidae. In this bladder, as well as in several others,
there were some unicellular Algae, and one multicellular Alga, ..."
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