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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. ?? (Suctoria, Ciliophora), cell body 32 μm long, 34 μm wide, on a stalk, tentacles up to 80 μm long, stalk 3 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima Pref., Japan, October 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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Podophrya Podophrya

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