Species Eimeria tachyglossi Barker, Beveridge & Munday, 1985

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Regional Maps

• Eimeria tachyglossi Barker I.K., Beveridge, I. & Munday, B.L. 1985. Coccidia (Eimeria tachyglossi n.sp., E. echidnae n.sp. and Octosporella hystrix n.sp.) in the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Monotremata: Tachyglossidae). Journal of Protozoology 32: 523-525.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] Short-beaked Echidna (faeces, small intestine)).

Associated Fauna References

Barker I.K., Beveridge, I. & Munday, B.L. 1985. Coccidia (Eimeria tachyglossi n.sp., E. echidnae n.sp. and Octosporella hystrix n.sp.) in the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Monotremata: Tachyglossidae). Journal of Protozoology 32: 523-525 (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Ladds, P. 2009. Pathology of Australian Native Wildlife. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 640 pp. (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

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