Subspecies Macropodinium ennuensis ennuensis Dehority, 1996

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• Macropodinium ennuensis ennuensis Dehority, B.A. 1996. A new family of entodiniomorph protozoa from the marsupial forestomach, with descriptions of a new genus and five new species. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 43: 285-295 [as forma].

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Macropus robustus Gould, 1841 [MACROPODIDAE] Common Wallaroo (forestomach); Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822) [MACROPODIDAE] Red Kangaroo (forestomach)), symbiotic (host(s): Macropus robustus Gould, 1841 [MACROPODIDAE] Common Wallaroo (forestomach); Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822) [MACROPODIDAE] Red Kangaroo (syn. Megalia rufus; forestomach)).

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 (Macropus robustus)

Cameron, S.L., O'Donoghue, P.J. & Adlard, R.D. 2002. Species diversity within Macropodinium (Litostomatea: Trichostomatia): endosymbiotic ciliates from Australian macropodid marsupials. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48: 49-69 (Macropus robustus)

Cameron, S.L., Wright, A-D.G. & O'Donoghue, P.J. 2003. An expanded phylogeny of the Entodiniomorphida (Ciliophora: Litostomatea). Acta Protozoologica 42: 1-6 (Macropus robustus)

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 (Macropus robustus)

Dehority, B.A. 1996. A new family of entodiniomorph protozoa from the marsupial forestomach, with descriptions of a new genus and five new species. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 43: 285-295 (Macropus robustus; Macropus rufus)

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