Species Cryptosporidium macropodum Power & Ryan, 2008

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• Cryptosporidium macropodum Power, M.L. & Ryan, U.M. 2008. A new species of Cryptosporidium (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) from eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus). Journal of Parasitology 94: 1114-1117.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), 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

Parasitic (host(s): Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 [MACROPODIDAE] Eastern Grey Kangaroo (syn. M. canguru; faeces (+ IMS, + PCR)); Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822) [MACROPODIDAE] Red Kangaroo (syn. Megalia rufus; faeces (+ IMS, + PCR)); Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] Swamp Wallaby (faeces (+ IMS, + PCR)); Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Western Grey Kangaroo (faeces (+ IMS, + PCR))).

Associated Fauna References

Power, M.L. & Ryan, U.M. 2008. A new species of Cryptosporidium (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) from eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus). Journal of Parasitology 94: 1114-1117 (Macropus rufus; Macropus fuliginosus; Wallabia bicolor; Macropus giganteus)

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