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Phyllopharyngea: Suctoria: Exogenida: Podophrydae

Podophrya sp.

Podophrya 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 , cell body 23-40 μm long, 16-30 μm wide, tentacles up to 20 μm long, x 640, Yanome-dam park, Nasu town, Tochigi Pref., Japan, March 28, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Podophrya Podophrya


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