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Phyllopharyngea: Suctoria: Exogenida: Podophrydae

 Podophrya sp.

Podophrya Family: Small, spherical or pyriform trophonts; tentacles apical or evenly distributed; swarmers with broad equatorial band of cilia (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: On a stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:

Podophrya sp., cell body 40 μm long, 30 μm wide, L/W=1.3, tentacles 22-32 μm long, stalk 30 μm long, x 640, drainage ditch near Kondo-numa (Kondo pond) park, Tatebayashi city, Gunma Pref., Japan, February 18, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Drainage ditch near Kondo-numa (Kondo pond) park, Tatebayashi city, Gunma Pref., Japan, February 18, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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