Legendrea

Legendrea
The type species Legendrea loyezae on differential interference contrast.
Scientific 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
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Thysanomorpha Jankowski, 1967
  • Penardiella Penard, 1922
  • Lacerus Jankowski, 1967

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