Species Haemogregarina tetraodontis Mackerras & Mackerras, 1961

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• Haemogregarina tetraodontis 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

Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Scarus psittacus Forsskål, 1775 [SCARIDAE] Palenose Parrotfish (blood); Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 [DIODONTIDAE] Porcupine Fish (blood); Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) [TETRAODONTIDAE] Stars-and-stripes Puffer (syn. Tetraodon hispidus; 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. (Arothron hispidus)

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 (Diodon hystrix)

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

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

Smit, N.J., Grutter, A.S., Adlard, R.D. & Davies, A.J. 2006. Hematozoa of teleosts from Lizard Island, Australia, with some comments on their possible mode of transmission and the description of a new hemogregarine species. Journal of Parasitology 92: 778-788 (Scarus psittacus)

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