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.^[1]

References

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

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[EB1911-1] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dendrocometes". Encyclopædia Britannica. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 19.