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Heliophrya (heal-ee-owe-fry-a) is a stalkless suctorian, the body is a flattened disc to square shape, adpressed to the substrate, with contractile arms emerging in a number (usually 4) bundles. Food, mostly ciliates, is caught on the ends of the arms. The tips of the arms are swollen with extrusomes etc. which are used in food capture. Phase contrast. This picture was taken by David Patterson and Laura Katz from material maintained in culture by Laura Katz. Copyright, contact microscope@mbl.edu
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Heliophrya
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Katz laboratory, cultures and isolates
| Description of Heliophrya: Suctorian ciliates, trophont body hemispheroid, attached to substratum with peripheral attachment ring; tentacles evenly distributed around perimeter of body; freshwater. |
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