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PROTOZOOLOGY 



Genus Dendrosomides Collin. Branched body similar to Dendro- 

 soma, but with a peduncle; reproduction by budding of vermicular 

 form; salt water. One species. 



D. paguri C. (Fig. 367, i). 200-300/* long; vermicular forms 350m 

 long; on the crabs, Eupagurus excavatus and E. cuanensis. 



Genus Rhabdophrya Chatton and Collin. Elongate, rod-form; with 

 short peduncle, not branched ; tentacles distributed over entire sur- 



Fig. 368. a, Rhabdophrya trimorpha, X430 (Collin); b, Staurophrya 

 elegans, X200 (Zacharias); c, Ophryodendron porcellanum, X220 (Collin); 

 d, O. belgicum, X270 (Fraipont); e, Dendrocometes paradoxus, X270 

 (Wrzesnowski); f, Dendrocometides priscus, X220; g, Discosoma tenella, 

 X220; h, Cometodendron clavatum, X220 (Swarczewsky) ; i, j, Podophrya 

 fixa (i, X400 (Wales); j, X220 (Collin)); k, P. elongata, X240 (Wailes). 



