Family: Small, spherical or pyriform trophonts; tentacles apical or evenly distributed;
swarmers with broad equatorial band of cilia (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: On a stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
Podophrya sp.,
cell body 65 μm long, 42 μm wide, tentacles up to 80 μm long,
x 640, Kinashi, Takamatsu city, Kagawa Pref., Japan, November 2002 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
A dividing cell