Cyclophrya magna Gonnert, 1935

Mariño-Pérez, Ricardo, Dovgal, Igor & Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura, 2011, New records of suctorians (Ciliophora: Suctoria) as epibionts of aquatic true bugs (Hemiptera: Prosorrhyncha: Nepomorpha) from two regions: Mexico and Eastern Europe, Zootaxa 2798, pp. 48-60 : 58-59

Cyclophrya magna Gonnert, 1935

Fig. 2 b.

Suctorian with large, flattened disc-shaped body. Macronucleus ribbon-like, convoluted, ramified. There are four (rarely five) bundles of long, contractile, clavate tentacles near the edge of body. There are from 4 to 8 contractile vacuoles. Reproduction by inversogemmic budding.

Dimensions: diameter of body 90–108; length of tentacles 14–40. Previous measurements: diameter of body until 190; length of tentacles until 500.

Material examined. Found as epibiont of: Nepa cinerea . Ukraine. Snov river near village Gorsk, Chernigov region. 14.06.1991.

Additional records. Flowing water, slides ( Matthes et al. 1988).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Some epibiotic suctorians of nepomorphans. a. Dendrosoma radians (Ukraine). b. Cyclophrya magna (Ukraine). c. Tokophrya lemnarum (Ukraine).