Lecanophryella Dovgal, 1985

Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Nanajkar, Mandar & Bogati, Kalisa, 2019, Note on the genus Lecanophryella (Ciliophora: Suctorea) with description of a new species from west coast of India, Zootaxa 4612 (4), pp. 494-500 : 495-496

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.4.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CC77B62B-160C-41D7-BE13-CFCFC41BB7B2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5930782
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scientific name	Lecanophryella Dovgal, 1985
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Genus Lecanophryella Dovgal, 1985

Type species: Lecanophryella paraleptastaci Dovgal, 1985

Suctorian ciliates with unloricate, weakly laterally flattened cell body, with two or three well-developed actinophores equipped with thin, clavate, tentacles at the apical ends. Stalk, short, dense. Macronucleus spherical or elongated. Reproduction by vermigemmic budding with forming of swarmers that are devoid of ciliature.