Species Dexiotricha granulosa (Saville-Kent, 1881)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Loxocephalus granulosus Saville-Kent, W. 1880 [1881]. Manual of the Infusoria, including a description of all known flagellate, ciliated, and tentaculiferous Protozoa, British and foreign, and an account of the organisation and affinities of the sponges. London Vol. I 472 pp. [published in two parts, first in 1880, second in 1881].

Generic Combinations

• Dexiotricha granulosa (Kent, 1881). —
  Foissner, W., Berger, H. & Kohmann, F. 1994. Taxonomische und okologische Revision der Ciliaten des Saprobiensystems. Band III: Hymenostomata, Prostomatida, Nassulida. Informationsberichte des Bayerisches Landesamtes für Wasserwirtschaft, München 1/94: 548 pp.

Introduction

Size: not recorded

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, symbiotic (host(s): Acropora cytherea Dana, 1846 [ACROPORIDAE] Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora grandis (Brook, 1892) [ACROPORIDAE] Branching Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora hyacinthus Dana, 1846 [ACROPORIDAE] Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora intermedia (Brook, 1891) [ACROPORIDAE] Branching Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora monticulosa (Bruggemann, 1879) [ACROPORIDAE] staghorn coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora muricata Linnaeus, 1758 [ACROPORIDAE] staghorn coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora palifera Lamarck, 1816 [ACROPORIDAE] cat’s paw coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora secale (Studer, 1878) [ACROPORIDAE] staghorn coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] corymbose coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] digitate coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] isoporan coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] staghorn coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] tabular coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora subulata (Dana, 1846) [ACROPORIDAE] coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora valida (Dana, 1846) [ACROPORIDAE] coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora yongei Veron & Wallace, 1984 [ACROPORIDAE] green slimer coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Echinopora sp. [FAVIIDAE] Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Favia sp. [FAVIIDAE] Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Montipora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus, 1758 [POCILLOPORIDAE] cauliflower or brush coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Pocillopora meandrina Dana, 1846 [POCILLOPORIDAE] cauliflower coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Pocillopora sp. [POCILLOPORIDAE] coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease)).

General References

Esteban, G.F., Finlay, B.J., Olmo, J.L. & Tyler, P.A. 2000. Ciliated protozoa from a volcanic crater-lake in Victoria, Australia. Journal of Natural History 34: 159-189

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