Genus Amylovorax Cameron & O'Donoghue, 2002

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Regional Maps

• Amylovorax Cameron, S.L. & O'Donoghue, P.J. 2002. The ultrastructure of Amylovorax dehorityi comb. nov. and erection of the Amylovoracidae fam. nov. (Ciliophora: Trichostomatia). European Journal of Protistology 38: 29-44 [40].

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from Queensland and regions unspecified.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Symbiotic (host(s): Macropus agilis (Gould, 1842) [MACROPODIDAE] Agile Wallaby (in forestomach); Macropus dorsalis (Gray, 1837) [MACROPODIDAE] Black-striped Wallaby (forestomach); Petrogale assimilis Ramsay, 1877 [MACROPODIDAE] Allied Rock-wallaby (forestomach); Petrogale godmani Thomas, 1923 [MACROPODIDAE] Godman’s Rock-wallaby (forestomach); Petrogale sharmani Eldridge & Close, 1992 [MACROPODIDAE] Sharman's Rock-wallaby (forestomach); Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] Swamp Wallaby (forestomach); Lasiorhinus latifrons (Owen, 1845) [VOMBATIDAE] Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (hindgut); Macropus eugenii (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Tammar Wallaby (forestomach); Macropus parryi (Bennett, 1835) [MACROPODIDAE] Whiptail Wallaby (stomach); Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800) [VOMBATIDAE] Common Wombat (syn. Phascolom mitchelli; hindgut)).

General References

Cameron, S.L. 2003. Taxonomy and phylogeny of endosymbiotic ciliates (Ciliophora: Litostomatea) associated with Australian herbivorous marsupials. International Journal for Parasitology 33: 347-355

Cameron, S.L. & O'Donoghue, P.J. 2003. Trichostome ciliates from Australian marsupials. IV. Distribution of the ciliate fauna. European Journal of Protistology 39: 139-147

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