Note on the genus Lecanophryella (Ciliophora: Suctorea) with description of a new species from west coast of India Author Chatterjee, Tapas Author Dovgal, Igor Author Nanajkar, Mandar Author Bogati, Kalisa text Zootaxa 2019 2019-05-31 4612 4 494 500 journal article 26618 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.4.2 752ae550-7a98-40d0-a3dd-5bca1b83a62d 1175-5326 3235870 CC77B62B-160C-41D7-BE13-CFCFC41BB7B2 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.