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Phyllopharyngea: Suctoria: Exogenida: Podophryidae

 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 (Podophryidae, Suctoria) attacking an hypotrich, Uroleptus, cell body spherical or ellipsoidal, 15-20 μm in diam., x 400, x 640, Fukasaku-gawa Yusuichi, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, May 2002 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 Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus
Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus
Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus
A Sphaerophrya cell just attached on the tip of the cirri of Uroleptus
Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus
Two cells of Sphaerophrya absorbing the cytoplasm of the pray
Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus Sphaerophrya Uroleptus

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