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{{Short description|Genus of single-celled organisms}}
{{Update-EB|date=November 2015}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Dendrocometes
| authority = [[F. Stein]]
}}

'''''Dendrocometes''''' is a genus of [[suctoria]]n [[infusoria]], characterized by the repeatedly branched attached [[Anatomy|body]]; each of the lobes of the body gives off a few retractile tentacles. It is [[epibiotic]] on the gills of the so-called freshwater shrimp ''[[Gammarus pulex]]''.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Dendrocometes|volume=8|page=19}}</ref>

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[[Category:Phyllopharyngea]]
[[Category:Ciliate genera]]


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