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Dendrocometes

Dendrocometes
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): SAR
(unranked): Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Phyllopharyngea
Subclass: Suctoria
Family: Dendrocometidae
Genus: Dendrocometes
F. Stein

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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