Domain Eukaryota Class Phyllopharyngea Genus Dendrocometes
F. Stein | Phylum Ciliophora Subclass Suctoria | |
Similar Suctoria, Tokophrya, Colpidium, Spirostomum, Phyllopharyngea | ||
Dendrocometes is a genus of suctorian infusoria, characterized by the repeatedly branched attached body; each of the lobes of the body gives off a few retractile tentacles. It is parasitic on the gills of the so-called freshwater shrimp Gammarus pulex.
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