Species Marteilia lengehi Comps, 1976

Museums

Regional Maps

• Marteilia lengehi Comps, M. 1976. Marteilia lengehi n.sp., parasite de l'huître Crassostrea cucullata Born. Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes 40(2): 347-349.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Saccostrea cucullata (Born, 1778) [OSTREIDAE] Hooded Oyster (syn. Cassostrea amasa); Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1880) [OSTREIDAE] Sydney Rock Oyster, Moreton Bay Rock Oyster (syn. Crassostrea commercialis, S. commercialis; hepatopancreas)).

Associated Fauna References

Hine, P.M. 1996. Southern hemisphere mollusc diseases and an overview of associated risk assessment problems. Scientific and Technical Review — International Office of Epizootics 15: 563-577 (Saccostrea cucullata)

Hine, P.M. & Thorne, T. 2000. A survey of some parasites and diseases of several species of bivalve mollusc in northern Western Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 40: 67-78 (Saccostrea glomerata)

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