Genus Myxidium Bütschli, 1882

Museums

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• Myxidium Bütschli, O. 1882. Myxosporidia. In, Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs, Protozoa, Vol. i. pp. 590-603 [expl. pl. 38, figs 12-15].
• Cystodiscus Lutz, A. 1889. Ueber ein Myxosporidium aus der Gallenblase brasilianischer Batrachier [Cystodiscus immersus]. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten I. Abt v: 84-88, 1 pl.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from Litoria caerulea (White, 1790) [HYLIDAE] Green Tree Frog (syn. Hyla caerulea; bile ducts, gall bladder); Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 [CORYPHAENIDAE] Dolphin Fish, Mahi Mahi (kidney); Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 [MUGILIDAE] Sea Mullet (gall bladder); and Callionymus limiceps Ogilby, 1908 [CALLIONYMIDAE] Dragonet (gall bladder). See O'Donoghue and Adlard (2000).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Heiniger H. & Adlard R.D. 2014. Relatedness of novel species of Myxidium Butschli, 1882, Zschokkella Auerbach, 1910 and Ellipsomyxa Køie, 2003 (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) from the gall bladders of marine fishes (Teleostei) from Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology 87: 47-72 (New species and phylogeny)

Hill, B.D., Green, P.E. & Lucke, H.A. 1997. Hepatitis in the green tree frog (Litoria caerulea) associated with infection by a species of Myxidium. Australian Veterinary Journal 75: 910-911

Hine, P.M. 1980. A review of some species of Myxidium Bütschli, 1882 (Myxozosporea) from eels (Anguilla spp.). Journal of Protozoology 27: 260-267

Langdon, J.S. 1991. Diseases of mahi mahi or common dolphin fish, Coryphaena hippurus, in Australia. Fisheries Research Bulletin of Western Australia 29: 1-17

Lom, J., Rohde, K., & Dykova, I. 1992. Studies on protozoan parasite of Australian fishes I. New species of the genera Coccomyxa Leger et Hesse. 1907, Ortholinea Shulman, 1962 and Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Myxozoa, Myxosporea). Folia Parasitologica. Prague 39: 289-306

O'Donoghue, P.J. 1997. Protozoan parasites of wildlife in south-east Queensland. pp. 119-136 in Tribe, A. (ed.). Proceedings of the 1997 Conference of the Australian Association of Veterinary Conservation Biologists. Brisbane : Australian Veterinary Association.

O'Donoghue, P.J. & Adlard, R.D. 2000. Catalogue of protozoan parasites recorded in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45: 1-163

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