Species Colpoda inflata (Stokes, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tillina inflata Stokes, A. C. 1884. Notes on some apparently undescribed Infusoria from putrid waters. American Naturalist xviii: 133-140.

Generic Combinations

• Colpoda inflata (Stokes, 1884). —
  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

Introduction

Size: 35-90 µm

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Among bark, freshwater, moss, soil dweller.

General References

Blatterer, H. & Foissner, W. 1988. Beitrag zur terricolen Ciliatenfauna (Protozoa, Ciliophora) Australiens. Stapfia 17: 1-84

Foissner, W. 1993. Colpodea (Ciliophora). In, Matthes, D. (ed). Protozoenfauna. Stuttgart : Gustav Fischer Verlag Vol. 4(1).

Foissner, W. 1997. Soil ciliates (Protozoa: Ciliophora) from evergreen rain forests of Australia, South America and Costa Rica; diversity and description of new species. Biology and Fertility of Soils 25: 317-339

Foissner, W. 1998. An updated compilation of world soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with ecological notes, new records, and descriptions of new species. European Journal of Protistology 34: 195-235

Foissner, W., Agatha, S. & Berger, H. 2002. Soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Namibia (Southwest Africa), with emphasis on two contrasting environments, the Etosha Region and the Namib Desert. Denisia 5: 1-1459

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