Genus Enchelys Müller, 1773

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• Enchelys Müller, O.F. 1773. Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilum, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum et testaceorum, non marinum, succincta historia. Prefatio 14 pp., Auctores 5 pp., Vermes 11 pp., Infusoria. Havniae & Lipsiae Vol. 1(1) pp. 1-135.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from eastern Australia; size not recorded.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, soil dweller.

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

Finlay, B.J., Esteban, G.F., Olmo, J.L. & Tyler, P.A. 1999. Global distribution of free-living microbial species. Ecography 22: 138-144

Gibbons, S. 1874. Air and water poisoning in Melbourne. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 10: 180-202

Gillies, C.D. 1915. A list of the recorded freshwater protozoa of Queensland, with a number of new records. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 27: 100-102

Robertson, T.B. 1924. The influence of washing upon the multiplication of isolated infusoria and upon allelocatalytic effect in cultures initially containing two infusoria. Australian Journal for Experimental Biology and Medical Science 1: 151-173

Robertson, T.B. 1924. The nature of the factors which determine the duration of the period of lag in cultures of infusoria. Australian Journal for Experimental Biology and Medical Science 1: 105-120

Robertson, T.B. 1925. The influence of certain dyes upon the multiplication of infusoria (Enchelys) with especial reference to the acridine dyes (acriflavine and proflavine). Australian Journal for Experimental Biology and Medical Science 2: 21-44

Robertson, T.B. 1925. The influence of cholesterol and oxycholesterol upon the multiplication of infusoria (Enchelys). Australian Journal for Experimental Biology and Medical Science 2: 83-90

Robertson, T.B. 1927. On some conditions affecting the viability of cultures of infusoria and the occurrence of allelocatalysis therein. Australian Journal for Experimental Biology and Medical Science 4: 1-23

Seamer, D.G. 1998. Freshwater Protozoa of Tasmania. A New Guide to the Identification of Tasmania's Freshwater Protozoa. Printing Authority of Tasmaina : WRA Unit Report 98/05. Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries 141 pp.

Wasteneys, H. 1905. Description of a typical Queensland Lagoon (The Enoggera Reservoir, near Brisbane). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 19: 105-132

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