Species Cryptocaryon irritans Brown, 1951

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Species Cryptocaryon irritans Brown, 1951

Cryptocaryon irritans Brown, E. M. 1951. [A new parasitic Protozoan the causal organism of a white spot disease in marine fish... Cryptocaryon irritans gen. et sp. n.]. Agenda and Abstracts of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 11. 1-2.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, symbiotic (host(s): Macquaria novemaculeata (Steindachner, 1866) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Australian Bass (external surfaces (exptl. infection)); Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790) [CENTROPOMIDAE] Barramundi, Giant Perch (skin, fins); Gymnocranius audleyi Ogilby, 1916 [LETHRINIDAE] Collar Seabream (syn. Gymnocranius bitorquatus; surface); Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) [SPARIDAE] Common Marine Bream, Yellowfin Bream (surface); Tetractenos hamiltoni (Gray & Richardson, 1843) [TETRAODONTIDAE] Common Toadfish (= Torquigener hamiltoni syn. Spheroides hamiltoni; surface); Glaucosoma hebraicum Richardson, 1845 [GLAUCOSOMATIDAE] Dhufish (skin); Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepede, 1802) [SERRANIDAE] Leopard Coral Trout (surface); Epinephelus quoyanus (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) [SERRANIDAE] Longfinned Wire Netting Cod, Longfin Grouper (surface); Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker, 1849) [LUTJANIDAE] Moses' Snapper (surface); Lethrinus miniatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [LETHRINIDAE] Redthroat Emperor (surface); Sillago ciliata Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 [SILLAGINIDAE] Sand Whiting (surface); Gerres subfasciatus (Cuvier, 1830) [GERREIDAE] Silver Biddy (syn. G. ovatus; surface); Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766) [SCATOPHAGIDAE] Spotted Scat (skin); Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775) [SPARIDAE] Tarwhine (surface); Sillago maculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 [SILLAGINIDAE] Trumpeter Whiting (surface); Torquigener pleurogramma (Regan, 1903) [TETRAODONTIDAE] Weeping Toadfish (syn. Spheroides pleurogramma; surface); Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson, 1842) [LUTJANIDAE] Yellow Stripey (surface)).

Associated Fauna References

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 (Lates calcarifer)

Copland, J.W. & Grey, D.L. (ed.) 1987. International Workshop on Management of Wild and Cultured Sea bass/barramundi (Lates calcarifer). Darwin. (Lates calcarifer)

Diggles, B.K. 1997. Some information on the morphology of Cryptocaryon irritans from South-East Queensland, Australia. European Journal of Protistology 33: 200-210 (Gymnocranius audleyi; Acanthopagrus australis; Epinephelus quoyanus; Lates calcarifer)

Diggles, B.K. & Adlard, R.D. 1995. Taxonomic affinities of Cryptocaryon irritans and Ichthyophthirius multifiliis inferred from ribosomal RNA sequence data. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 22: 39-43 (Gymnocranius audleyi; Acanthopagrus australis)

Diggles, B.K. & Adlard, R.D. 1997. Intraspecific variation in Cryptocaryon irritans. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 44: 25-32 (Gymnocranius audleyi; Acanthopagrus australis; Lates calcarifer)

Diggles, B.K. & Lester, R.J.G. 1996. Infections of Cryptocaryon irritans on wild fish from southeast Queensland, Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 25: 159-167 (Gymnocranius audleyi; Torquigener pleurogramma; Acanthopagrus australis; Lutjanus russellii; Tetractenos hamiltoni; Lutjanus carponotatus; Epinephelus quoyanus; Gerres subfasciatus; Sillago ciliata; Sillago maculata; Plectropomus leopardus; Lethrinus miniatus; Rhabdosargus sarba)