Species Myrionecta rubra (Lohmann, 1908)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mesodinium rubrum Lohmann, H. 1908. Untersuchungen zur Festellung des vollständigen Gehaltes des Meeres an Plankton. Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen, Abteilung Kiel, Neue Folge 10: 129–370.

Generic Combinations

• Myrionectra rubra (Lohmann, 1908). —
  Jankowski, A.W. 1976. Revision of a system of cyrtophorids. Part I. General Protozoology. Kiev : Naukova Dumka pp. 167-168.

Introduction

Size: ~30 µm

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: 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 Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, freshwater.

General References

Ajani, P., Hallegraeff, G. & Pritchard, T. 2001. Historic overview of algal blooms in marine and estuarine waters of New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 123: 1-22

Hallegraeff, G.M. 1991. Aquaculturists' guide to harmful Australian microalgae. Hobart : Fishing Industry Training Board of Tasmania and CSIRO Division of Fisheries, Hobart, Print Centre Pty. Ltd 111 pp.

Hallegraeff, G.M. 1992. Harmful algal blooms in the Australian region. Marine Pollution Bulletin 25: 186-190

Suzuki, T. & Taniguchi, A. 1998. Standing crops and vertical distribution of four groups of marine planktonic ciliates in relation to phytoplankton chlorophyll a. Marine Biology 132: 375-382

History of changes