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Phyllopharyngea: Suctoria: Endogenida: Tokophryidae

 Tokophrya quadripartita
Goodrich and Jahn

Tokophrya quadripartita Genus: Pyriform or pyramidal; without lorica; tentacles in 1-4 fascicles on anterior surface; stalk not rigid; simple endogenous budding; fresh water (Kudo, 1966). Tentacles emerge from distal, bullbous processes (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Specis: body 100-175 μm long; with sucking tentacles in four groups (How to know the protozoa, 1979).

Tokophrya quadripartita, cell body 90 μm long, 55 μm wide, tentacles up to 80 μm long, x 400, x 640, Kurome-river, Asaka city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 1999, 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
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Cell division
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Conjugation ?
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