Species Myxidium giardi Cépède, 1906

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• Myxidium giardi Cépède, C. 1906. Sur la prétendue immunité des cobitis à l'égard des infections myxosporidiennes. Comptes Rendus de la Société Biologie 60: 15-16.

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867 [ANGUILLIDAE] Longfin Eel (Gills); Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841 [ANGUILLIDAE] Short-finned Eel (gills, kidneys, skin, swim bladder, stomach, intestines, liver and spleen)).

Associated Fauna References

Copland, J.W. 1981. Myxosporidiosis caused by Myxidium giardi in cultured cells. pp. 175-177 in Fowler, M.E. Wildlife diseases of the Pacific Basin and other countries. Sydney : Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Wildlife Diseases Associations. (Anguilla australis)

Hine, P.M. 1980. A review of some species of Myxidium Bütschli, 1882 (Myxozosporea) from eels (Anguilla spp.). Journal of Protozoology 27: 260-267 (Anguilla reinhardtii; Anguilla australis)

Lom, J., Rohde, K., & Dykova, I. 1992. Studies on protozoan parasite of Australian fishes I. New species of the genera Coccomyxa Leger et Hesse. 1907, Ortholinea Shulman, 1962 and Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Myxozoa, Myxosporea). Folia Parasitologica. Prague 39: 289-306 (Anguilla australis)

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