Genus Caryospora Léger, 1904

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• Karyospora Léger, L. 1904. Protozoaires parasites des vipères. Bulletin mensuel de l'Association française pour l'avancement des sciences 286 [original spelling].

  Type species:

   Karyospora simplex Léger, 1904 by original designation.
• Caryospora Léger, L. 1911. Caryospora simplex, coccidie monosporée et la classification des Coccidies. Archiv für Protistenkunde 22: 71-88.

Introduction

Forming oocysts with one sporocyst containing eight sporozoites. Unidentified species recorded from Queensland.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Coracina novaehollandiae (Gmelin, 1789) [CAMPEPHAGIDAE] Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (faeces); Boiga irregularis (Merrem, 1802) [COLUBRIDAE] Brown Tree Snake (faeces); Acanthophis antarticus (Shaw & Nodder, 1802) [ELAPIDAE] Common Death Adder (faeces); Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) [CHELONIIDAE] Green Turtle (intestines); Amphibolurus caudicinctus (Günther, 1875) [AGAMIDAE] Ring-tailed Dragon; Podargus strigoides (Latham, 1801) [PODARGIDAE] Tawny Frogmouth, Mopoke).

Extra Ecological Information

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

General References

Caudell, J.N., Whittier, J. & Conover, M.R. 2002. The effects of haemogregarine-like parasites on brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis) and slatey-grey snakes (Stegonotus cucullatus) in Queensland, Australia. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 49: 113-119

Ladds, P. 2009. Pathology of Australian Native Wildlife. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 640 pp.

O'Donoghue, P.J. 1997. Protozoan parasites of wildlife in south-east Queensland. pp. 119-136 in Tribe, A. (ed.). Proceedings of the 1997 Conference of the Australian Association of Veterinary Conservation Biologists. Brisbane : Australian Veterinary Association.

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