Dendrocometes

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Dendrocometes
Scientific classification e
Clade: SAR
Infrakingdom: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Phyllopharyngea
Family:
Genus: Dendrocometes

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.[1]

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  1. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dendrocometes". Encyclopædia Britannica. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 19.


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