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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, 29 μm in diam., tentacles up to 60 μm long, x 640, Kurihashi, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya
Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya


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