Species Octosporella hystrix Barker, Beveridge & Munday, 1985

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• Octosporella hystrix Barker I.K., Beveridge, I. & Munday, B.L. 1985. Coccidia (Eimeria tachyglossi n.sp., E. echidnae n.sp. and Octosporella hystrix n.sp.) in the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Monotremata: Tachyglossidae). Journal of Protozoology 32: 523-525.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] Short-beaked Echidna (faeces)).

Associated Fauna References

Barker I.K., Beveridge, I. & Munday, B.L. 1985. Coccidia (Eimeria tachyglossi n.sp., E. echidnae n.sp. and Octosporella hystrix n.sp.) in the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Monotremata: Tachyglossidae). Journal of Protozoology 32: 523-525 (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Ladds, P. 2009. Pathology of Australian Native Wildlife. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 640 pp. (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

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