Legendrea

Legendrea
The type species Legendrea loyezae on differential interference contrast.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Litostomatea
Order: Haptorida
Family: Spathidiidae
Genus: Legendrea
Fauré-Fremiet, 1908
Type species
Legendrea loyezae
Fauré-Fremiet, 1908[1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Thysanomorpha Jankowski, 1967[2]
  • Penardiella Penard, 1922[3]
  • Lacerus Jankowski, 1967[4]

Legendrea is a genus of extremely rare ciliates first described by French biologist Emmanuel Fauré-Fremiet in 1908, rediscovered and re-examined in 2022.[5]

  1. ^ "Legendrea". The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta. National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  2. ^ "Thysanomorpha". The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta. National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  3. ^ "Penardiella". The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta. National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  4. ^ "Lacerus". The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta. National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  5. ^ Weiss, James; Andreou, Demetra; Esteban, Genoveva F. (2022). "The Extraordinarily Rare Ciliate Legendrea loyezae Fauré-Fremiet, 1908 (Haptoria, Ciliophora)". Protist. 173 (6): 125912. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2022.125912. PMID 36242851.