Genus Acineta Ehrenberg, 1834

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• Acineta Ehrenberg, C.G. 1834. Dritter Beitrag zur Erkentnisse grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1833: 145-336, pls 1-11 [Date published 1834: dated 1833].

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from New South Wales, Tasmania, and Queensland coast. Free-living in fresh and marine waters.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; NSW, Vic: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, marine, symbiotic (host(s): Penaeus japonicus Bate, 1888 [PENEIDAE] Karuma Prawn (gills); Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1766) [PORTUNIDAE] Sand Crab (gills); Scylla serrata Forsskål, 1755 [PORTUNIDAE] Mud Crab, Mangrove Crab (gills); Macrobrachium sp. [PALAEOMONIDAE] Shrimp (exoskeleton)).

Associated Fauna References

Hudson, D.A. & Lester, R.J.G. 1992. Relationships between water quality parameters and ectocommensal ciliates on prawns (Penaeus japonicus Bate) in aquaculture. Aquaculture 105: 269-280 (Penaeus japonicus)

Hudson, D.A. & Lester, R.J.G. 1994. Parasites and symbionts of wild mud crabs Scylla serrata (Forskal) of potential significance in aquaculture. Aquaculture 120: 183-199 (Scylla serrata)

Paynter, J.L. 1986. The disease status of freshwater prawns and crayfish. pp. 99-104, 112-113, 151-152 in Freshwater Aquaculture in Australia. Rural Press Queensland: Brisbane. (Macrobrachium sp.)

Shields, J.D. 1992. Parasites and symbionts of the crab Portunus pelagicus from Moreton Bay, eastern Australia. Journal of Crustacean Biology 12: 94-100 (Portunus pelagicus)

General References

Gibbons, S. 1874. Air and water poisoning in Melbourne. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 10: 180-202

Patterson, D.J. & Burford, M.A. 2001. A Guide to the Protozoa of Marine Aquaculture Ponds. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 54 pp.

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.

Sorokin, Y.I. & Sorokin, P.Y. 2009. Analysis of plankton in the southern Great Barrier Reef: abundance and roles in throphodynamics. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89: 235-241

Stickland, J. 1923. The aquatic protozoa of the Melbourne district. Part I. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 40: 65-74

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