Family ANCISTROCOMIDAE Chatton & Lwoff, 1939
Compiler and date details
May 2014 - Checked by Peter O’Donoghue, The University of Queensland
July 2010 - Data provided by O’Donoghue, entered in AFD by ABRS
Introduction
Unidentified species recorded from north Western Australia coastal areas.
Ecological Descriptors
Symbiotic (host(s): Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901) [PTERIIDAE] Pearl oyster (gut); Haliotis laevigata Donovan, 1808 [HALIOTIDAE] Greenlip abalone (gut); Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) [PTERIIDAE] Pearl oyster, Shark’s Bay shell (gut); Pinna bicolor (Gmelin, 1791) [PINNIDAE] Razorfish (gut); Saccostrea cucullata (Born, 1778) [OSTREIDAE] Hooded oyster (syn. Cassostrea amasa, gut); Saccostrea echinata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) [OSTREIDAE] Tropical black-lip oyster (gut); Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1880) [OSTREIDAE] Sydney rock oyster, Moreton Bay rock oyster (syn. Crassostrea commercialis, S. commercialis, gut)).
General References
Hine, P.M. & Thorne, T. 2000. A survey of some parasites and diseases of several species of bivalve mollusc in northern Western Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 40: 67-78
Jones, J.B. & Creeper, J. 2006. Diseases of pearl oysters and other molluscs: a Western Australian perspective. Journal of Shellfish Research 25: 233-238
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02-Jul-2014 | INTRAMACRONUCLEATA Lynn, 1996 | 03-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 18-Mar-2014 | 18-Mar-2014 | MOVED | ||
| 26-Jul-2012 | 26-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 22-Aug-2011 | ADDED |