Genus Apiosoma Blanchard, 1885

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Regional Maps

• Apiosoma Blanchard, R. 1885. Sur un infusoire peritriche ectoparasite des poissons d'eau douce. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 10: 277–280.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from Murray-Darling Basin.

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

Symbiotic (host(s): Hypseleotris klunzingeri (Ogilby, 1898) [ELEOTRIDAE] Western Carp Gudgeon (skin)).

Associated Fauna References

Rowland, S.J. & Ingram, B.A. 1991. Diseases of Australian native freshwater fishes with particular emphasis on the ectoparasitic and fungal diseases of Murray cod (Maccullochella peeli), golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) and silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus). Fisheries Bulletin 4, N.S.W. Dept. Agric. & Fisheries. (Hypseleotris klunzingeri)

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