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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 spherical 25 μm in diam., x 400, x 640, Yanase river, Fujimi city, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 1999 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
Sphaerophrya
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya

Sphaerophrya sp. ?, cell body 22 μm long, 24 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Japan, May-June 1999 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya

Sphaerophrya sp. ?, cell body 19 μm long, 21 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Japan, May-June 1999 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya


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