Tokophrya

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Tokophrya is a genus of suctorians. An example is Tokophrya lemnarum.[1] The genus used to belong to the family Dendrosomatidae,[2] but now it belongs to its own family, the family Tokophryidae Jankowksi in Small & Lynn, 1985.[3]

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Tokophrya
Tokophrya is a genus of suctorians.
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Endogenida
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Acinetidae
Genus:
Tokophrya
Species

Tokophrya lemnarum

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Species

As of 9 December 2024, ITIS listed only two species of this genus:

  • Tokophrya cyclopum[2]
  • Tokophrya infusionum[2]
  • Tokophrya lemnarum[1]
  • Tokophrya quadripartita

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