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Description of Dendrocometes

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Tentacles conical, borne on long arm-like extensions of variable length; trophont's body, hemispherical.
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Dendrocometes

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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]

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  1. ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dendrocometes". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 19.
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Dendrocometes: Brief Summary

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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.

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