Suctorians (Ciliophora: Suctoria) as epibionts of decapods of families Cambaridae and Pseudothelphusidae
Author
Ramírez-Ballesteros, Mireya
Author
Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-30
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10.11646/zootaxa.4648.2.11
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Tokophrya quadripartita
(Claparède & Lachmann, 1859)
Body pyramidal with four prominent actinophores, one at each corner of the apical region, each bearing a fascicle of capitate tentacles; the macronucleus is spherical and located centrally; the contractile vacuole is located apically; the stalk is long, thin and smooth.
Known previous records.
Tokophrya quadripartita
has been recorded on
Cambarellus
(
Cambarellus
)
zempoalensis
(cited as
Cambarellus montezumae zempoalensis
) (
Cambaridae
) in Lake Zempoala,
Morelos
,
Mexico
(
López-Ochoterena & Ochoa-Gasca 1971
) and on
Cambarellus
(
Cambarellus) patzcuarensis
(cited as
Cambarellus patzcuarensis
) in Lake Pátzcuaro,
Michoacán
,
Mexico
(
Mayén-Estrada & Aladro-Lubel 1998
).
It has also been recorded on
Cyclops
sp.,
Limnocalanus macrurus macrurus
Sars G.O., 1863
(cited as
Limnocalanus macrurus
),
Epischura lacustris
Forbes S.A., 1882
,
Eucyclops agilis agilis
(cited as
Eucyclops agilis
),
Diacyclops bicuspidatus
(cited as
Cyclops bicuspidatus
) and on
Pontastacus leptodactylus
(cited as
Astacus leptodactylus
) (
Curds 1985b
;
Matthes & Guhl 1988
;
Fernandez-Leborans & Tato-Porto 2000
).
Dovgal (2013)
recorded
T. quadripartita
on
Asellus
(
Asellus
)
aquaticus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(cited as
Asellus aquaticus
) and on
Pontastacus leptodactylus
(cited as
Astacus leptodactylus
).