Lirceus dennisi, Clamp, 1987

Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura & Clamp, John C., 2016, An annotated checklist of species in the family Lagenophryidae (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea, Peritrichia), With a brief review of their taxonomy, morphology, and biogeography, Zootaxa 4132 (4), pp. 451-492 : 473

L. dennisi Clamp, 1987

Museum Depositions. USNM. 40928 Holotype; 40929 Paratype.

Habitat. Freshwater.

Distribution. BR: Nearctic ( Mayén-Estrada & Aguilar-Aguilar 2012).

Mexico: Michoacán, Pátzcuaro Lake (19°32´to 19°41´N, 101°32´to 101°43´W).

USA: Missouri, Jefferson Co., 4.3 km NNE Hillsboro, creek running parallel to MO 21 at Hayden Rd. (38°16'14.36"N, 90°33'21.04"W). North Carolina, Franklin Co., 10.4 km E Youngsville, Crooked Cr. at US 401 (36°0'44.25"N, 78°21'40.00"W). Virginia, Grayson Co., 5.1 km S Independence, creek tributary to New R. at US 21-221 bridge (36°34'34.63"N, 81°9'27.31"W).

Hosts. Mexico: Cambarellus patzcuarensis Villalobos (exposed body surface). USA: Cambarus (Cambarus)

bartonii bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) , C. chasmodactylus James , Orconectes illinoiensis Brown (exposed body

surface).

References. Clamp 1987a; Fernandez-Leborans & Tato-Porto 2000; Mayén-Estrada & Aladro-Lubel 2000;

Fernandez-Leborans 2009.