![]() | This article is largely based on an article in the out-of-copyright
Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, which was produced in 1911. (November 2015) |
Dendrocometes | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Ciliophora |
Class: | Phyllopharyngea |
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]