Species Chilodonella hexasticha (Kiernik, 1909)

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Regional Maps

• Chilodon hexastichus Kiernik, E. 1909. Chilodon hexastichus n.sp. ein auf Susswasserfischen parasitierendes Infusorium, nebst Bemerkungen uber Vakuolenhautbildung und Zellteilung. Bulletin international de l'Académie des sciences de Cracovie i: 75-119.

Generic Combinations

• Chilodonella hexasticha (Kiernik, 1909). —
  Kahl, A. 1931. Urtiere oder Protozoa. 1. Wimpertiere oder Ciliata (Infusoria). 2 Holotricha ausser den im 1. Teil behandelten Prostomata. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile 21: 181-398

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, marine, symbiotic (host(s): Amniataba percoides (Günther, 1864) [TERAPONIDAE] Barred Grunter (gills); Nematalosa erebi (Günther, 1868) [CLUPEIDAE] Bony Bream (syn. N. elongata; gills); Maccullochella ikei Rowland, 1993 [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Clarence River Cod (gills); Macquaria ambigua (Richardson, 1845) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Golden Perch (syn. Plectroplites ambiguus; skin, gills); Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson, 1843) [MELANOTAENIIDAE] Mauve Rainbow-fish, Yalgurnda (gills); Maccullochella peelii (Mitchell, 1838) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Murray Cod (syn. Acerina peeli; gills); Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) [TERAPONTIDAE] Silver Perch (skin, gills); Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther, 1859) [TERAPONTIDAE] Spangled Perch (gills); Maccullochella macquariensis (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Trout Cod (syn. M. mitchelli, Gryptes macquariensis; skin, gills); Neosilurus sp. [PLOTOSIDAE] (gills)).

Associated Fauna References

Anderson I.G. 1990. Diseases in Australian invertebrate aquaculture. pp. 38-48 in [Anon]. Fifth International Colloquium on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control. Adelaide : Society for Invertebrate Pathology. (Maccullochella peelii)

Callinan, R.B. 1988. Diseases of Australian natives fishes. in Fish Diseases. Refresher Course forVeterinarians. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science : Sydney. pp. 459-472 (Maccullochella ikei; Nematalosa erebi; Macquaria ambigua; Maccullochella peelii; Bidyanus bidyanus)

Langdon, J.S. 1990. Major protozoan and metazoan parasitic diseases of Australian finfish. in Munday, B.L. (ed.) Fin Fish Diseases. Refresher Course for Veterinarians. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. pp. 233-255 (Macquaria ambigua)

Langdon, J.S. 1992. Major protozoan and metazoan parasitic diseases of Australian finfish in Fin Fish Workshop, Refresher Course for Veterinarians. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. pp. 1-26 (Macquaria ambigua)

Langdon, J.S., Gudkovs, N., Humphrey, J.D. & Saxon, E.C. 1985. Deaths in Australian freshwater fishes associated with Chilodonella hexasticha infection. Australian Veterinary Journal 62: 409-413 (Nematalosa erebi; Amniataba percoides; Leiopotherapon unicolor; Melanotaenia nigrans; Neosilurus sp.)

Rowland, S.J., Ingram, B.A. & Prokop, F.B. 1991. Suspected cysts of the protozoan parasite Chilodonella hexasticha. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 11: 159-161 (Maccullochella ikei)

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. (Maccullochella ikei; Macquaria ambigua; Maccullochella peelii; Bidyanus bidyanus; Maccullochella macquariensis)

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