Species Paramecium caudatum Ehrenberg, 1838

Museums

Regional Maps

• Paramecium caudatum Ehrenberg, C.G. 1838. Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene organismen. Ein blick in das tiefere organische leben der natur. Leipzig, Folio : Voss xviii + 547 pp. 64 pl. [microfilm of text without figures from copy held in Melbourne Public Library].

Introduction

Size: not recorded

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

General References

Barth, D., Krenek, S., Fokin, S.I. & Berendonk, T.U. 2006. Intraspecific genetic variation in Paramecium revealed by mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I sequences. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 53: 20-25

Fabbro, L., Baker, M., Duivenvoorden, L., Pegg, G. & Shiel, R. 2001. The effects of the ciliate Paramecium cf. caudatum Ehrenberg on toxin producing Cylindrospermopsis isolated from the Fitzroy River, Australia. Environmental Toxicology 16: 489-497

History of changes