Dendrocometes
Genus of single-celled organisms
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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 epibiotic on the gills of the so-called freshwater shrimp Gammarus pulex.[1]
| Dendrocometes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Class: | Phyllopharyngea |
| Family: | Dendrocometidae |
| Genus: | Dendrocometes F. Stein |