catallacta

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Catallactics. ] (Zool.) A division of Protozoa, of which Magosphæra is the type. They exist both in a myxopod state, with branched pseudopodia, and in the form of ciliated bodies united in free, spherical colonies. [ 1913 Webster ]