Species Koruga bonita Cleveland, 1966

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Regional Maps

• Koruga bonita Cleveland, L.R. 1966. General features and reproduction in Koruga bonita, gen. et sp. nov. Archiv für Protistenkunde 109: 18-23.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Symbiotic (host(s): Mastotermes darwiniensis Froggatt, 1896 [MASTOTERMITIDAE] Giant Termite (hindgut)).

Associated Fauna References

Cleveland, L.R. 1966. General features and reproduction in Koruga bonita, gen. et sp. nov. Archiv für Protistenkunde 109: 18-23 (Mastotermes darwiniensis)

Tamm, S. & Tamm, S.L. 1973. The fine structure of the centriolar apparatus and associated structures in the flagellates Deltotrichonympha and Koruga. I. Interphase. Journal of Protozoology 20: 230-245 (Mastotermes darwiniensis)

Tamm, S. & Tamm, S.L. 1973. The fine structure of the centriolar apparatus and associated structures in the flagellates Deltotrichonympha and Koruga. II. Division. Journal of Protozoology 20: 245-252 (Mastotermes darwiniensis)

Tamm, S.L. 1999. Locomotory waves of Koruga and Deltotrichonympha: flagella wag the cell. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 43: 145-158 (Mastotermes darwiniensis)

Veivers, P.C., Musca, A.M., O'Brien, R.W. & Slaytor, M. 1982. Digestive enzymes of the salivary glands and gut of Mastotermes darwiniensis. Insect Biochemistry 12: 35-40 (Mastotermes darwiniensis)

Veivers, P.C., O'Brien, R.W. & Slaytor, M. 1983. Selective defaunation of Mastotermes darwiniensis and its effect on cellulose and starch metabolism. Insect Biochemistry 13: 95-101 (Mastotermes darwiniensis)

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