Podophrya sandi Collin, 1911

Ramírez-Ballesteros, Mireya & Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura, 2019, Suctorians (Ciliophora: Suctoria) as epibionts of decapods of families Cambaridae and Pseudothelphusidae, Zootaxa 4648 (2), pp. 384-392 : 390

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4648.2.11
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5619161
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scientific name	Podophrya sandi Collin, 1911
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The body is spherical with capitate tentacles distributed over the entire body surface; the spherical macronucleus and the contractile vacuole are located centrally of the body.

Known previous records. Podophrya sandi has been reported on the crayfish Cambarellus (Cambarellus) patzcuarensis (cited as Cambarellus patzcuarensis ) ( Cambaridae ) in Lake Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico ( Mayén-Estrada & Aladro-Lubel 1998).

Mayen-Estrada, R. & Aladro-Lubel, M. A. (1998) Tres especies de suctores (Protozoa: Ciliophora) ectosimbiontes del acocil Cambarellus (Cambarellus) patzcuarensis. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Serie Zoologia, 69 (1), 1 - 12.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Protozoa
Phylum	Ciliophora
Class	Phyllopharyngea
SubClass	Suctoria
Order	Exogenida
Family	Podophryidae
Genus	Podophrya

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