Species Hematodinium australis Hudson & Shields, 1994

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• Hematodinium australis Hudson, D.A. & Shields, J.D. 1994. Haematodinium australis n. sp., a parasitic dinoflagellate of the sand crab Portunus pelagicus from Moreton Bay, Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 19: 109-119.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Trapezia septata Dana, 1852 [TRAPEZIIDAE] Honeycomb Coral Crab (syn. T. aerolata; gill, blood); Scylla serrata (Forsskål, 1755) [PORTUNIDAE] Mud Crab, Mangrove Crab (blood); Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1766) [PORTUNIDAE] Sand Crab (blood)).

Associated Fauna References

Hudson, D.A., Hudson, N.B. & Shields, J.D. 1993. Infection of Trapezia spp. (Decapoda: Xanthidae) by Hematodinium sp. (Duboscquodinida: Syndinidae): a new family record of infection. Journal of Fish Diseases 16: 273-276 (Trapezia septata)

Hudson, D.A. & Adlard, R.D. 1996. Nucleotide sequence determination of the partial SSU rDNA gene and ITS1 region of Hematodinium cf. perezi and Hematodinium-like dinoflagellates. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 24: 55-60 (Portunus pelagicus)

Hudson, D.A. & Lester, R.J.G. 1994. Parasites and symbionts of wild mud crabs Scylla serrata (Forskal) of potential significance in aquaculture. Aquaculture 120: 183-199 (Scylla serrata)

Hudson, D.A. & Shields, J.D. 1994. Haematodinium australis n. sp., a parasitic dinoflagellate of the sand crab Portunus pelagicus from Moreton Bay, Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 19: 109-119 (Portunus pelagicus; Scylla serrata)

Shields, J.D. 1992. Parasites and symbionts of the crab Portunus pelagicus from Moreton Bay, eastern Australia. Journal of Crustacean Biology 12: 94-100 (Portunus pelagicus)

Shields, J.D. 1994. The parasitic dinoflagellates of marine crustaceans. Annual Review of Fish Diseases 4: 241-271 (Trapezia septata; Portunus pelagicus; Scylla serrata)

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