Species Macropodinium bicolor Cameron, O'Donoghue & Adlard, 2001

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• Macropodinium bicolor Cameron, S.L., O'Donoghue, P.J. & Adlard, R.D. 2001. Four new species of Macropodinium (Ciliophora: Litostomatea) from Australian wallabies and pademelons. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 48: 542-555.

Distribution

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] Swamp Wallaby (stomach)), symbiotic (host(s): Macropus dorsalis (Gray, 1837) [MACROPODIDAE] Black-striped Wallaby (in stomach); Macropus robustus Gould, 1841 [MACROPODIDAE] Common Wallaroo (in stomach); Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 [MACROPODIDAE] Eastern Grey Kangaroo (= Macropus canguru; in stomach); Macropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Wallaby (= Macropus bennetti; in stomach)).

Associated Fauna References

Cameron, S.L. 2003. Taxonomy and phylogeny of endosymbiotic ciliates (Ciliophora: Litostomatea) associated with Australian herbivorous marsupials. International Journal for Parasitology 33: 347-355 (Wallabia bicolor)

Cameron, S.L., O'Donoghue, P.J. & Adlard, R.D. 2001. Four new species of Macropodinium (Ciliophora: Litostomatea) from Australian wallabies and pademelons. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 48: 542-555 (Wallabia bicolor)

Cameron, S.L. & O'Donoghue, P.J. 2003. Trichostome ciliates from Australian marsupials. IV. Distribution of the ciliate fauna. European Journal of Protistology 39: 139-147 (Wallabia bicolor)

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