Note on the genus Lecanophryella (Ciliophora: Suctorea) with description of a new species from west coast of India
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2019Author
Chatterjee, T.
Dovgal, I.
Nanajkar, M.
Bogati, K.
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The article presents a review of the literature on known representatives of the genus Lecanophryella containing general characteristics of the members of this genus, information on morphology and data on distribution. Diagnostic characters of L. satyanandani is emended based on material collected from a new locality. A new species, Lecanophryella indica as epibiont on the body surface of cyclopoid copepod from the Zuari estuary, west coast of India is also described.
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