contracting arms
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. This image shows the contracting arms with the central dark component being the microtubules of the mouth (each arm is a mouth). 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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