Paramecium

paramecium Translingual thumb|Paramecium caudatum species Paramecium caudatum Etymology mul John Hill (botanist) John Hill 1752Lorande Loss Woodruff The Structure, Life History, and Intrageneric Relationships of Paramecium calkinsi, sp. nov. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/1536748 The Biological Bulletin 41 3 9 1921 171 The term Paramecium was coined by Dr. John Hill of London in 1752 for a group of animalcules comprising “four species,” two of which probably include members of the genus Paramecium as recognized today. from mul grc παραμήκης oblong, oval + la -ium. Morphologically, mul para- mul grc μῆκος length, longitude. Proper noun 1 n genus family Parameciidae a ciliophore widely used as a model organism and for education en John Hill (botanist) John Hill The History of Animals Gray's Inn, London Thomas Osborne (publisher) Thomas Osborne 1752 4 https://archive.org/details/historyanimals00hill/page/n19/mode/2up The Paramecium, with an oblong, voluble body, obtuſe at each end. Hypernyms genus ; Intramacronucleata subphylum subphylum; Oligohymenophorea class class; Peniculia subclass subclass; Peniculida order order; Parameciina suborder suborder; Parameciidae family family Hyponyms genus For species see 1 References Further reading 1 1 1 46413 61312 5884