Species Haemogregarina hemiscyllii Mackerras & Mackerras, 1961

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• Haemogregarina hemiscyllii Mackerras, M.J. & Mackerras, I.M. 1961. The haematozoa of Australian frogs and fish. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 123-139.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Gnathia spp. [GNATHIIDAE] Isopods (squash); Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Bonnaterre, 1788) [HEMISCYLLIIDAE] Ocellated Catshark, Epaulette Shark (syn. Squalus ocellatus; blood)).

Associated Fauna References

Beumer, J.P., Ashburner, L.D., Burberry, M.E., Jetté, E. & Latham, D.J. 1982. A checklist of the parasites of fishes from Australia and its adjacent Antarctic territories. Technical Communication No. 48 of the Commonwealth Institute of Parasitology (Thanet Press, Margate). 1-99 pp. (Hemiscyllium ocellatum)

Burreson, E.M. 1989. Haematozoa of fishes from Heron I., Australia, with the description of two new species of Trypanosoma. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 15-23 (Hemiscyllium ocellatum)

Lester, R.J.G. & Sewell, K.B. 1989. Checklist of parasites from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 101-128 (Hemiscyllium ocellatum)

Mackerras, M.J. & Mackerras, I.M. 1961. The haematozoa of Australian frogs and fish. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 123-139 (Hemiscyllium ocellatum)

McKiernan, J.P., Grutter, A.S & Davies, A.J. 2005. Reproductive and feeding ecology of parasitic gnathiid isopods of epaulette sharks (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) with consideration of their role in the transmission of a haemogregarine. International Journal for Parasitology 35: 19-27 (Hemiscyllium ocellatum; Gnathia spp.)

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