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Phyllopharyngea: Suctoria: Exogenida: Podophrydae

 Sphaerophrya sp.

Sphaerophrya Family: Small, spherical or pyriform trophonts; tentacles apical or evenly distributed; swarmers with broad equatorial band of cilia (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: No stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:

Sphaerophrya sp., cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, a drainage ditch near Asou bridge, Inbanuma cycling road, Hoshina, Yachiyo City, Chiba Pref., Japan, March 16, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya

Images of collecting locality: A drainage ditch near Asou bridge, Inbanuma cycling road, Hoshina, Yachiyo City, Chiba Pref., Japan, March 16, 2008 by Y. Tsukii

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