Species Microdiaphanosoma terricola Foissner, 1993

Museums

Regional Maps

• Microdiaphanosoma terricola Foissner, W. 1993. Colpodea (Ciliophora). In, Matthes, D. (ed). Protozoenfauna. Stuttgart : Gustav Fischer Verlag Vol. 4(1). [718].

Introduction

Size: 10-17 x 8-12 µm

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, soil dweller.

General References

Esteban, G.F., Finlay, B.J., Olmo, J.L. & Tyler, P.A. 2000. Ciliated protozoa from a volcanic crater-lake in Victoria, Australia. Journal of Natural History 34: 159-189

Finlay, B.J., Esteban, G.F., Olmo, J.L. & Tyler, P.A. 1999. Global distribution of free-living microbial species. Ecography 22: 138-144

Foissner, W. 1993. Colpodea (Ciliophora). In, Matthes, D. (ed). Protozoenfauna. Stuttgart : Gustav Fischer Verlag Vol. 4(1).

Foissner, W. 1997. Soil ciliates (Protozoa: Ciliophora) from evergreen rain forests of Australia, South America and Costa Rica; diversity and description of new species. Biology and Fertility of Soils 25: 317-339

Foissner, W. 1998. An updated compilation of world soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with ecological notes, new records, and descriptions of new species. European Journal of Protistology 34: 195-235

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