Species Epistylis flavicans Ehrenberg, 1838

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• Epistylis flavicans Ehrenberg, C.G. 1838. Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene organismen. Ein blick in das tiefere organische leben der natur. Leipzig, Folio : Voss xviii + 547 pp. 64 pl. [microfilm of text without figures from copy held in Melbourne Public Library].

Introduction

Size: not recorded

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: 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 Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, symbiotic (host(s): Cherax albidus Clark, 1936 [PARASTACIDAE] White Yabby (exoskeleton); Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868) [PARASTACIDAE] Redclaw (exoskeleton); Penaeus monodon Fabricus, 1798 [PENEIDAE] Giant Tiger Prawn (gills); Scylla serrata Forsskål, 1755 [PORTUNIDAE] Mud Crab, Mangrove Crab (gills); Cherax destructor (Clark, 1936) [PARASTACIDAE] Inland Yabbie (gills, pleopods); Cherax tenuimanus (Smith, 1912) [PARASTACIDAE] Marron (gill, exoskeleton); Leptodius sanguineus Edwards, 1834 [XANTHIDAE] Xanthid Crab (gills); Macrobrachium sp. [PALAEMONIDAE]; Penaeus sp. [PENAEIDAE]).

General References

Searle, J. 1918. Excursion to Heidelberg. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 34: 132-133

Shephard, J., Searle, J. & Stickland, J. 1918. One year's collecting micro-fauna, Botanic Gardens Lake, Melbourne. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 35: 79-84

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