Species Tuzetia boeckella Milner & Mayer, 1982

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• Tuzetia boeckella Milner, R.J. & Mayer, J.A. 1982. Tuzetia boeckella sp. nov. (Protozoa: Microsporida), a parasite of Boeckella triarticulata (Copepoda: Calanoidea) in Australia. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 39: 174-184.

Introduction

Based on ribosomal DNA sequence data, the Microsporidia are recognised as Fungi and not Protists. At present Australian Biological Resource Study has retained the Microsporidia as a phylum in the Protists for historical comparative purposes.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Boeckella triarticulata (Thomson, 1883) [CENTROPAGIDAE] Copepod (muscles)).

Associated Fauna References

Milner, R.J. & Mayer, J.A. 1982. Tuzetia boeckella sp. nov. (Protozoa: Microsporida), a parasite of Boeckella triarticulata (Copepoda: Calanoidea) in Australia. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 39: 174-184 (Boeckella triarticulata)

History of changes