Species Bitricha obolata Cameron, O'Donoghue & Adlard, 2000

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Regional Maps

• Bitricha obolata Cameron, S.L., O'Donoghue, P.J. & Adlard, R.D. 2000. Novel isotrichid ciliates endosymbiotic in Australian macropodid marsupials. Systematic Parasitology 46: 45-57.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Symbiotic (host(s): Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 [MACROPODIDAE] Eastern Grey Kangaroo (syn. M. canguru; stomach); Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Western Grey Kangaroo (stomach)).

Associated Fauna 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 (Macropus fuliginosus; Macropus giganteus)

Cameron, S.L., O'Donoghue, P.J. & Adlard, R.D. 2000. Novel isotrichid ciliates endosymbiotic in Australian macropodid marsupials. Systematic Parasitology 46: 45-57 (Macropus fuliginosus; Macropus giganteus)

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 (Macropus fuliginosus; Macropus giganteus)

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