Clevelandella philipi sp.nov.

ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 72561759- FBB1-4007-AF97-39630E48C436.

Diagnosis: Spade-shaped, dorsoventrally flattened Clevelandella with average length in protargol preparations 69 µm, mean 31 adoral membranelles, posterior protrusion of left lobe of anterior body part overhanging up to one-third of peristomial projection, and with teardrop-shaped or ellipsoidal macronucleus.

Etymology: Named in honour of Mr Philip Komong, our collaborator from Papua New Guinea.

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Wanang 3, N5.228, E145.080 .

Type host: Salganea ternatensis hirsuta Roth, 1979.

Type material: A protargol-impregnated holotype cell (Fig. 7C, D) marked in a black circle on a slide deposited in the collection of the National Museum of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, inventory number P6E 5381 .