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. ?? (Suctoria, Ciliophora),
cell body 32 μm long, 34 μm wide, on a stalk,
tentacles up to 80 μm long, stalk 3 μm wide,
x 400, x 640, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima Pref., Japan, October 1998 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640