Species Myxidium immersum (Lutz, 1889)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cystodiscus immersum Lutz, A. 1889. Ueber ein Myxosporidium aus der Gallenblase brasilianischer Batrachier [Cystodiscus immersus]. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten I. Abt v: 84-88, 1 pl.

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

Generic Combinations

• Myxidium immersum (Lutz, 1889). —
  Kudo, R. 1933. A taxonomic consideration of Myxosporidia. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 52: 195-216

Introduction

This species has been recorded from morphological characters in Australia, however recent publications incorporating genetic characters may cast some doubt on that diagnosis (see general references).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Ranidella parinsignifera (Main, 1957) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet (gall bladder); Mixophyes fasciolatus Günther, 1864 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Great Barred Frog (gall bladder); Litoria caerulea (J. White, 1790) [HYLIDAE] Green Tree Frog (syn. Hyla caerulea; gall bladder); Litoria lesueuri (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) [HYLIDAE] Lesueur’s Frog (syn. Hyla lesueuri; gall bladder); Litoria rubella (J.E. Gray, 1842) [HYLIDAE] Little Red Tree Frog (gall bladder); Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [BUFONIDAE] Marine Toad, Cane Toad (gall bladder); Limnodynastes terraereginae Fry, 1915 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Northern Banjo Frog (gall bladder); Litoria nyakalensis Liem, 1974 [HYLIDAE] Nyakala Frog (gall bladder); Limnodynastes ornatus (Gray, 1842) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Ornate Burrowing Frog (gall bladder); Litoria peronii (Tschudi, 1838) [HYLIDAE] Peron’s Tree Frog (syn. Hyla peronii; gall bladder); Litoria nasuta (J.E. Gray, 1842) [HYLIDAE] Rocket Frog (syn. Hyla nasuta; gall bladder); Uperoleia laevigata Keferstein, 1867 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Smooth Toadlet (gall bladder); Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Günther, 1858 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Spotted Grass Frog (gall bladder); Limnodynastes peronii (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Striped Marsh Frog (gall bladder); Litoria tyleri Martin et al., 1979 [HYLIDAE] Tyler’s Tree Frog (gall bladder); Litoria verreauxii (Dumeril, 1853) [HYLIDAE] Verreaux’s Tree Frog (gall bladder); Litoria revelata Ingram et al., 1982 [HYLIDAE] Whirring Tree Frog (gall bladder); Litoria dentata (Keferstein, 1868) [HYLIDAE] Bleating Tree Frog (gall bladder); Litoria latopalmata Günther, 1867 [HYLIDAE] Broad-palmed Frog (gall bladder); Litoria fallax (Peters, 1880) [HYLIDAE] Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (gall bladder)).

Associated Fauna References

Delvinquier, B.L.J. 1986. Myxidium immersum (Protozoa: Myxosporea) of the cane toad, Bufo marinus, in Australian Anura, with a synopsis of the genus in amphibians. Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 843-853 (Litoria revelata; Litoria tyleri; Litoria nyakalensis; Ranidella parinsignifera; Limnodynastes terraereginae; Litoria fallax; Litoria dentata; Uperoleia laevigata; Litoria latopalmata; Mixophyes fasciolatus; Limnodynastes tasmaniensis; Litoria verreauxii; Limnodynastes ornatus; Litoria nasuta; Litoria rubella; Limnodynastes peronii; Litoria lesueuri; Litoria peronii; Litoria caerulea; Bufo marinus)

Delvinquier, B.L.J. & Freeland, W.J. 1988. Protozoan parasites of the cane toad, Bufo marinus, in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 301-316 (Bufo marinus)

Henderson, W.R. 2009. Pathogens in Vertebrate Pests in Australia. Canberra, Australia : Invasive Animnals Cooperative Research Centre 30 pp. (Bufo marinus)

Speare, R. 1990. A review of the diseases of the cane toad, Bufo marinus, with comments on biological control. Australian Wildlife Research 17: 387-410 (Bufo marinus)

General References

Hartigan, A., Fiala, I., Okimoto, B., Rose, K., Phalen, D.N. & Šlapeta, J. 2011. A suspected parasite spill-back of two novel Myxidium spp. (Myxosporea) causing disease in Australian endemic frogs found in the invasive Cane Toad. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 6(4)

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