Phyllopharyngea
: Suctoria: Exogenida: Podophryidae
Sphaerophrya
sp.
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
μm long,
μm wide, tentacles evenly distributed μm long, x 400, x 640, Matsumoto, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 2001, collected by N. Kinoshita, photo by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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