Heliozoea: Ciliophryida (Page & Siemensma, 1991; Protistology 3rd ed., 2003)
Silicoflagellata: Pedinellales (Illustrated guide, 2000)
Dictyochophyceae: Ciliophryales

Ciliophrys
Cienkowsky, 1875 (Illustrated guide, 2000)
Cienkowski, 1876 (Page & Siemensma, 1991)

Order: Body naked; flagellate stage, with 1-4 flagella (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: With extremely fine radiating filopodia; with a single flagellum which is difficult to distinguish from the numerous filopodia, but becomes conspicuous when the pseudopodia are withdrawn (Kudo, 1966).

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C. infusionum μm Japan, 1998

Ciliophrys sp. single flagellum μm Saitama, 1999

Ciliophrys sp. 3 samples Japan, 1998

Similar genus -->> Dimorpha;

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