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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 18 μm in diam., tentacles evenly distributed μm long, x 400, x 640, Japan, November 1998, by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
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scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Sphaerophrya


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