Tokophrya quadripartita (Claparède & Lachmann, 1859)

Ramírez-Ballesteros, Mireya & Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura, 2019, Suctorians (Ciliophora: Suctoria) as epibionts of decapods of families Cambaridae and Pseudothelphusidae, Zootaxa 4648 (2), pp. 384-392 : 389

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scientific name	Tokophrya quadripartita (Claparède & Lachmann, 1859)
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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 ).

References

Curds, C. R. (1985 b) A revision of the Suctoria (Ciliophora, Kinetofragminophora). 3. Tokophrya and its morphological relatives. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History. Zoology, 49 (2), 167 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 6511

Dovgal, I. (2013) Fauna of Ukraine: 40 (36) Ciliates-Ciliophora. Issue 1: Class Suctorea. Naukova dumka, Kiev, 267 pp.

Fernandez-Leborans, G. & Tato-Porto, M. (2000) A review of the species of protozoan epibionts on crustaceans. II. Suctorian Ciliates. Crustaceana, 73 (10), 1205 - 1327. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 156854000505209

Lopez-Ochoterena, E. & Ochoa-Gasca, E. (1971) Protozoarios ciliados de Mexico. XVII. Algunos aspectos biologicos de veinte especies epizoicas del crustaceo Cambarellus montezumae zempoalensis Villalobos. Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia, 13 (3), 221 - 231.

Matthes, D., Guhl, W. & Haider, G. (1988) Suctoria und Urceolariidae. Protozoenfauna. Band 7 / 1. Gustav Fisher Verlag, Stuttgart, 309 pp.

Mayen-Estrada, R. & Aladro-Lubel, M. A. (1998) Tres especies de suctores (Protozoa: Ciliophora) ectosimbiontes del acocil Cambarellus (Cambarellus) patzcuarensis. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Serie Zoologia, 69 (1), 1 - 12.