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Family CONTOPHRYIDAE de Puytorac, 1972

Body elongate-ellipsoidal; skeletal fibers little developed; circular area at apical end of body free of cilia; a single median (or two pair of) cytoskeletal hook(s); only two contractile vacuoles; in tropical earthworms.

Contophrya de Puytorac & Dragesco, 1968.
Single species.
Dicontophrya de Puytorac & Dragesco, 1968.
Few species.