Genus Ichthyobodo Pinto, 1928

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ichthyobodo Pinto, C. 1928. Myxosporideos e outros protozoarios intestinaes de peixes observados na America do Sul. Archivos do Instituto Biológico (São Paulo) 1: 101-135 10 text-figs, 4 pls [replacement name].
• Costia Leclerq, 1890 [junior homonym].

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from Tasmania.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 [SALMONIDAE] Atlantic Salmon (gills); Salmo gairdneri Richardson, 1836 [SALMONIDAE] Rainbow Trout (syn. S. irideus; gills); Salmo sp. [SALMONIDAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Unidentified species of Ichthyobodo have been found in the listed parasite hosts.

General References

Munday, B.L., Lange, K., Foster, C., Lester, R.J.G. & Handlinger, J. 1993. Amoebic gill disease of sea-caged salmonids in Tasmanian waters. Tasmanian Fisheries Bulletin 28: 14-19

Munday, B.L. & Copland, J.W. 1981. Diseases of farmed freshwater tablefish in Australia. An overview. pp. 160-165 in Fowler, M.E. Wildlife diseases of the Pacific Basin and other countries. Sydney : Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Wildlife Diseases Associations.

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