Class Oligohymenophorea Genus Hyalophysa Rank Species | Family Foettingeriidae Phylum Ciliophora Order Apostomatida | |
Similar Tubular sponge hydroid, Oligohymenophorea, Entamoeba polecki, Colpidium colpoda, Palaemonetes pugio | ||
Hyalophysa chattoni is an apostome ciliate of the order Apostomatida. The polymorphic symbiont is carried as an encysted phoront on the exoskeleton of few arthropods belonging to the subphylum Crustacea and undergoes metamorphosis during the host's premolt followed by various other life-cycle stages.
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