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Heliozoea: Ciliophryida (Page & Siemensma, 1991; Protistology 3rd ed., 2003)
Silicoflagellata: Pedinellales (Illustrated guide, 2000)
Dictyochophyceae: Ciliophryales

Ciliophrys infusionum
Cienkowsky, 1875 (Illustrated guide, 2000)
Cienkowski, 1876 (Page & Siemensma, 1991)

Ciliophrys Genus: With extremely fine radiating filopodia; with a single flagellum which is difficult to distinguish from the numerous filopodia, but becomes conspicuous when the pseudopodia are withdrawn (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Similar genus -->> Dimorpha;

Ciliophrys infusionum, cell body μm long, x 400, Japan 199? by Y. Tsukii
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Ciliophrys infusionum

C. infusionum: 25-30 μm long; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).

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