History of changes

• Amphisiella Gourret & Roeser 1888. Contribution á l'étude des Protozoaires de la Corse. Archives de Biologie viii: 139–204, pls 13-15.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from South Australia; size not recorded.

Ecological Descriptors

Salt lake, soil dweller.

General References

Pomp, R. & Wilbert, N. 1988. Taxonomic and ecological studies of ciliates from Australian saline soils. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 39: 479-495

Wilbert, N. 1995. Benthic ciliates of salt lakes. Acta Protozoologica 34: 271-288

History of changes

• Amphisiella terricola Gellert, J. 1955. The ciliates of the humus under the lichen Paramelia saxatilis Mass. Acta Biologica Hungarica 6: 77–111.

Introduction

Size: not recorded; region not recorded

Ecological Descriptors

Salt lake, soil dweller.

General References

Foissner, W. 1998. An updated compilation of world soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with ecological notes, new records, and descriptions of new species. European Journal of Protistology 34: 195-235

Foissner, W., Agatha, S. & Berger, H. 2002. Soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Namibia (Southwest Africa), with emphasis on two contrasting environments, the Etosha Region and the Namib Desert. Denisia 5: 1-1459

History of changes

• Circinella Foissner, W. 1994. Morphology and morphogenesis of Circinella arenicola nov. gen., nov. spec., a cephalized hypotrich (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida) from sand dunes in Utah, USA. European Journal of Protistology 30: 156–170 [157].

History of changes

• Perisincirra filiformis Foissner, W. 1982. Ökologie und Taxonomie der Hypotrichida. (Protozoa: Ciliophora) einiger österreichischer Böden. Archiv für Protistenkunde 126: 19-143 [169].

Generic Combinations

• Circinella filiformis (Foissner, 1982). —
  Foissner, W., Berger, H. & Kohmann, F. 1994. Taxonomische und okologische Revision der Ciliaten des Saprobiensystems. Band III: Hymenostomata, Prostomatida, Nassulida. Informationsberichte des Bayerisches Landesamtes für Wasserwirtschaft, München 1/94: 548 pp.

Introduction

Size: not recorded; region not recorded

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

General References

Foissner, W. 1998. An updated compilation of world soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with ecological notes, new records, and descriptions of new species. European Journal of Protistology 34: 195-235

Foissner, W., Agatha, S. & Berger, H. 2002. Soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Namibia (Southwest Africa), with emphasis on two contrasting environments, the Etosha Region and the Namib Desert. Denisia 5: 1-1459

History of changes

• Gastrostyla Engelmann, T. W. 1862. Zur Naturgeschichte der Infusionsthiere: Beitrage zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Infusorien. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 11: 347-393.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from Tasmania; size not recorded.

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

General References

Seamer, D.G. 1998. Freshwater Protozoa of Tasmania. A New Guide to the Identification of Tasmania's Freshwater Protozoa. Printing Authority of Tasmaina : WRA Unit Report 98/05. Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries 141 pp.

History of changes

• Oxytricha mystacea Stein, F. 1859. Der Organismus der Infusionsthiere nach eigenen Forschungen in systematischer Reihenfolge bearbeitet. Abt I. Die hypotrichen infusionsthiere. Leipzig : Engelmann pp. 206 + pl. i-xiv.

Generic Combinations

• Gastrostyla mystacea (Stein, 1859). —
  Sterki V. 1878. Beiträge zur Morphologie der Oxytrichinen. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 31: 29-58, pl. 4

Introduction

Size: 120-170 x 40-70 µm; region not recorded

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

General References

Berger, H. 1999. Monograph of the Oxytrichidae (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia). Dordrecht : Monographiae Biologicae, Kluwer Academic Publishers Vol. 78 1080 pp.

History of changes

• Gastrostyla steinii Engelmann, T. W. 1862. Zur Naturgeschichte der Infusionsthiere: Beitrage zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Infusorien. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 11: 347-393.

Introduction

Size: not recorded

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, soil dweller.

General References

Blatterer, H. & Foissner, W. 1988. Beitrag zur terricolen Ciliatenfauna (Protozoa, Ciliophora) Australiens. Stapfia 17: 1-84

Foissner, W. 1998. An updated compilation of world soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with ecological notes, new records, and descriptions of new species. European Journal of Protistology 34: 195-235

Foissner, W., Agatha, S. & Berger, H. 2002. Soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Namibia (Southwest Africa), with emphasis on two contrasting environments, the Etosha Region and the Namib Desert. Denisia 5: 1-1459

History of changes

• Hemiamphisiella Foissner, W. 1988. Gemeinsame Arten in der terricolen Ciliatenfauna (Protozoa: Ciliophora) von Australien und Afrika. Stapfia 17: 85-133 [121].

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA

Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

History of changes

• Oxytricha granulifera Foissner, W. & Adam, H. 1983. Morphologie und Morphogenese des Boden ciliaten Oxytricha granulifera sp. n. (Ciliophora, Oxytrichidae). Zoologica Scripta 12: 1–11 [1].

Generic Combinations

• Hemiamphisiella granulifera (Foissner, 1983). —
  Foissner, W. 1988. Gemeinsame Arten in der terricolen Ciliatenfauna (Protozoa: Ciliophora) von Australien und Afrika. Stapfia 17: 85-133

Introduction

Size: not recorded, region not recorded

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

General References

Foissner, W. 1998. An updated compilation of world soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with ecological notes, new records, and descriptions of new species. European Journal of Protistology 34: 195-235

Foissner, W., Agatha, S. & Berger, H. 2002. Soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Namibia (Southwest Africa), with emphasis on two contrasting environments, the Etosha Region and the Namib Desert. Denisia 5: 1-1459

History of changes

• Hemiamphisiella terricola Foissner, W. 1988. Gemeinsame Arten in der terricolen Ciliatenfauna (Protozoa: Ciliophora) von Australien und Afrika. Stapfia 17: 85-133 [122].

Introduction

Recorded from mossin South Australia; size: 170-240 x 25-45 µm.

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA

Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Moss dweller.

General References

Blatterer, H. & Foissner, W. 1988. Beitrag zur terricolen Ciliatenfauna (Protozoa, Ciliophora) Australiens. Stapfia 17: 1-84

Eigner, P. & Foissner, W. 1994. Divisional morphogenesis in Amphisiellides illuvialis n. sp., Paramphisiella caudata (Hemberger) and Hemiamphisiella terricola Foissner, and redefinition of the Amphisiellidae (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 41: 243-261

Foissner, W. 1988. Gemeinsame Arten in der terricolen Ciliatenfauna (Protozoa: Ciliophora) von Australien und Afrika. Stapfia 17: 85-133

Foissner, W. 1998. An updated compilation of world soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with ecological notes, new records, and descriptions of new species. European Journal of Protistology 34: 195-235

Foissner, W., Agatha, S. & Berger, H. 2002. Soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Namibia (Southwest Africa), with emphasis on two contrasting environments, the Etosha Region and the Namib Desert. Denisia 5: 1-1459

History of changes

• Hemiamphisiella terricola terricola Berger, H. 2008. Monograph of the Amphisiellidae and Trachelostylidae (Ciliophora, Hypotricha). Dumont, H.J. (ed.) Monographiae Biologicae, Vol. 88 737pp. Dordrecht: Springer.

Introduction

Size: 170-240 x 25-45 µm

Distribution

IBRA

Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Moss, moss dweller, soil dweller.

General References

Berger, H. 2008. Monograph of the Amphisiellidae and Trachelostylidae (Ciliophora, Hypotricha). Dumont, H.J. (ed.) Monographiae Biologicae, Vol. 88 737pp. Dordrecht: Springer.

History of changes

• Strongylidium wilberti Foissner, W. 1982. Ökologie und Taxonomie der Hypotrichida. (Protozoa: Ciliophora) einiger österreichischer Böden. Archiv für Protistenkunde 126: 19-143 [32].

Generic Combinations

• Hemiamphisiella wilberti (Foissner, 1982). —
  Foissner, W. 1988. Gemeinsame Arten in der terricolen Ciliatenfauna (Protozoa: Ciliophora) von Australien und Afrika. Stapfia 17: 85-133

Introduction

Size: not recorded; region not recorded

General References

Foissner, W. 1998. An updated compilation of world soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with ecological notes, new records, and descriptions of new species. European Journal of Protistology 34: 195-235

Foissner, W., Agatha, S. & Berger, H. 2002. Soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Namibia (Southwest Africa), with emphasis on two contrasting environments, the Etosha Region and the Namib Desert. Denisia 5: 1-1459

History of changes

• Paragastrostyla Hemberger, H. 1985. Neue Gattungen und Arten hypotricher Ciliaten. Archiv für Protistenkunde 130: 397-417.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from South Australia, size not recorded.

Ecological Descriptors

Salt lake, soil dweller.

General References

Pomp, R. & Wilbert, N. 1988. Taxonomic and ecological studies of ciliates from Australian saline soils. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 39: 479-495

Wilbert, N. 1995. Benthic ciliates of salt lakes. Acta Protozoologica 34: 271-288

History of changes

• Paramphisiella Foissner, W. 1988. Gemeinsame Arten in der terricolen Ciliatenfauna (Protozoa: Ciliophora) von Australien und Afrika. Stapfia 17: 85-133 [121].

History of changes

• Uroleptoides caudata Hemberger, H. 1985. Neue Gattungen und Arten hypotricher Ciliaten. Archiv für Protistenkunde 130: 397-417.

Generic Combinations

• Paramphisiella caudata (Hemberger, 1985). —
  Foissner, W. 1988. Gemeinsame Arten in der terricolen Ciliatenfauna (Protozoa: Ciliophora) von Australien und Afrika. Stapfia 17: 85-133

Introduction

Size: not recorded; region not recorded

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

General References

Foissner, W. 1998. An updated compilation of world soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with ecological notes, new records, and descriptions of new species. European Journal of Protistology 34: 195-235

History of changes

• Uroleptoides Wenzel, F. 1953. Die Ciliaten der Moosrasen trockner Standorte. Archiv für Protistenkunde 99: 70-141.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania

IBRA

Qld, Tas: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Amphisiella magnigranulosa Foissner, W. 1988. Gemeinsame Arten in der terricolen Ciliatenfauna (Protozoa: Ciliophora) von Australien und Afrika. Stapfia 17: 85-133 [115].

Generic Combinations

• Uroleptoides magnigranulosus (Foissner, 1988). —
  Berger, H. 2008. Monograph of the Amphisiellidae and Trachelostylidae (Ciliophora, Hypotricha). Dumont, H.J. (ed.) Monographiae Biologicae, Vol. 88 737pp. Dordrecht: Springer.

Introduction

Size: 120-200 x 30-60 µm

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania

IBRA

Qld, Tas: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Moss, soil dweller.

General References

Berger, H. 2008. Monograph of the Amphisiellidae and Trachelostylidae (Ciliophora, Hypotricha). Dumont, H.J. (ed.) Monographiae Biologicae, Vol. 88 737pp. Dordrecht: Springer.

Blatterer, H. & Foissner, W. 1988. Beitrag zur terricolen Ciliatenfauna (Protozoa, Ciliophora) Australiens. Stapfia 17: 1-84

Foissner, W. 1988. Gemeinsame Arten in der terricolen Ciliatenfauna (Protozoa: Ciliophora) von Australien und Afrika. Stapfia 17: 85-133

Foissner, W., Agatha, S. & Berger, H. 2002. Soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Namibia (Southwest Africa), with emphasis on two contrasting environments, the Etosha Region and the Namib Desert. Denisia 5: 1-1459

History of changes