Lecanophryella paraleptastaci 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 : 496

Lecanophryella paraleptastaci Dovgal, 1985

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Lecanophryella paraleptastaci Dovgal, 1985, 1256 –1259, Figs. 1–4 .

Diagnosis and dimensions of this species is given here following Dovgal (1985). As Dovgal (1985) was primarily a Russian language description, the present article provides a re-description of diagnosis and dimensions to appraise a wide range of workers.

Diagnosis. Suctorian ciliate with slightly laterally flattened body, equipped with two ( Fig. 2B ), rarely three ( Fig. 2C ) well-developed actinophores, at the extended ends of which positioned groups of the clavate tentacles, which extended at the base. The cell pellicula with well-defined longitudinal folds. Stalk short, dense, slightly curved. Macronucleus is rounded, located medially, or located within one of the actinophores. Reproduction by vermigemmic budding. Swarmers ( Fig. 2A ) are unciliary, leaf-shaped, with a well-developed apical sucker.

Commensal of freshwater harpacticoid copepods. Localization: host body segments.

Dimensions (in µm): body length 36–72, body width 10–36, actinophore length 17–46, tentacle length 9–14, stalk length 7–19, slalk diameted 4–5, size of macronucleus 10–14×5–10. Dimentsons of swarmer: length 36–46, width 19–22, sucker diameter 11–13.

Type material: A hapantotype slide No. 118 deposited in I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kiev, Ukraine) .

Type host: Paraleptastacus spinicauda triseta Noodt, 1954 .

Type locality: Kremenchug water reservoir on the Dnieper River ( Ukraine) .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Map of Study areas.

FIGURE 2. Lecanophryella paraleptastaci Dovgal, 1985. A. Trophont and two swarmers on host body (orig.); B. Trophont with two actinophores; C—trophont with three actinophores. B–C after Dovgal. 1985, Scale bar—10 μm.

FIGURE 3. Trophonts of Lecanophryella satyanandani (Santhakumari, 1986).A. trophonts on host body; B–D. magnified view of trophonts (orig).

FIGURE 4. Trophont of Lecanophryella indica sp. nov. A. position of L. indica trophonts on host body; B–E magnified view of trophonts; F. Budding individual marked by arrow.