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Phyllopharyngea: Suctoria: Evaginogenida: Discophryidae

Discophrya
Lachmann 1859

Family: Body ovoid, spherical or pyriform, with or without stalk; tentacles capitate; many species ectosymbionts on marine and freshwater organisms (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: On stalk; stalk broad, relatively short; no lorica (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
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Discophrya
Discophrya sp.
48-90 x 15-25 μm
Higashi-hiroshima
Hiroshima, 1998

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Discophrya
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