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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 sp., cell body spherical, 14 μm in diam., tentacles up to 18 μm wide, x 640, Senjo-ga-hara (marsh), Nikko city, Tochigi Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Sphaerophrya Sphaerophrya


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