Genus Perkinsus Levine, 1978

Museums

Regional Maps

• Perkinsus Levine, N.D. 1978. Perkinsus gen. n. and other new taxa in the protozoan phylum Apicomplexa. Journal of Parasitology 64(3): 549.

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Barbatia amygdalumtostum (Röding, 1798) [ARCIDAE] Almond Ark (= B. fusca; tissues); Anadara antiquata (Linnaeus, 1758) [ARCIDAE] Antique Ark (tissues); Barbatia helblingii Bruguiere, 1789 [ARCIDAE] Ark Clam (tissues); Barbatia pistachia (Lamarck, 1819) [ARCIDAE] Ark Clam (tissues); Anadara trapezia (Deshayes, 1814) [ARCIDAE] Blood Cockle (tissues); Septifer bilocularis (Linnaeus, 1758) [MYTILIDAE] Box Mussel; Atrina pectinata Linnaeus, 1767 [PINNIDAE] Comb Pen Shell (tissues); Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819 [TRIDACNIDAE] Crocus Giant Clam (tissues); Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793 [SPONDYLIDAE] Ducal Thorny Oyster (tissues); Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguiere, 1792) [CERITHIIDAE] Ebony Swamp Cerith (tissues); Tridacna maxima (Roeding, 1798) [TRIDACNIDAE] Elongate Giant Clam (tissues); Chlamys lentiginosa (Reeve, 1853) [LUCINIDAE] Freckled Scallop (tissues); Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) [TRIDACNIDAE] Giant Clam tissues (tissues); Trichomya hirsuta Lamarck, 1819 [MYTILIDAE] Hairy Mussel (tissues); Malleus meridianus Cotton, 1930 [MALLEIDAE] Hammer Oyster (tissues); Saccostrea cucullata (Born, 1778) [OSTREIDAE] Hooded Oyster (syn. Cassostrea amasa; tissues); Codakia paytenorum (Iredale, 1937) [LUCINIDAE] Interrupted Lucina (tissues); Irus irus (Linnaeus, 1758) [VENERIDAE] Irus Venus (tissues); Chama pacifica Broderip, 1843 [CHAMIDAE] Jewel Box (syn. C. sulphurea (= C. pacificus); tissues); Isognomon isognomum (Linnaeus, 1758) [ISOGNOMONIDAE] Mangrove Oyster (tissues); Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901) [PTERIIDAE] Pearl Oyster (tissues); Pinna deltoides Menke, 1843 [PINNIDAE] Pen Shell (tissues); Chama pulchella Reeve, 1846 [CHAMIDAE] Purple-edged Jewel Box (syn. C. iostoma; tissues); Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1880) [OSTREIDAE] Sydney Rock Oyster, Moreton Bay Rock Oyster (syn. Crassostrea commercialis, S. commercialis; tissues); Spondylus violascens Lamarck, 1819 [SPONDYLIDAE] Thorny Oyster (tissues); Periglypta puerpera Linnaeus, 1771 [VENERIDAE] Youthful Venus (tissues)).

 

General References

Alder J. & Braley R. 1989. Serious mortality in populations of giant clams on reefs surrounding Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 40: 205-213

Anderson I.G. 1990. Diseases in Australian invertebrate aquaculture. pp. 38-48 in [Anon]. Fifth International Colloquium on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control. Adelaide : Society for Invertebrate Pathology.

Goggin, C.L. 1994. Variation in the two internal transcribed spacers and5.8S ribosomal RNA from five isolates of the marine parasite Perkinsus (Protista, Apicomplexa). Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 65: 179-182

Goggin, C.L., Sewell, K.B. & Lester, R.J.G. 1989. Cross-infection experiments with Australian Perkinsus species. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 7: 55-59

Goggin, C.L. & Lester, R.J.G. 1987. Occurrence of Perkinsus species (Protozoa, Apicomplexa) in bivlaves from the Great Barrier Reef. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 3: 113-117

Harvell, C.D., Kim, K., Burkholder, J.M., Colwell, R.R., Epstein, P.R., Grimes, D.J., Hofmann, E.E., Lipp, E.K., Osterhaus, A.D.M.E., Overstreet, R.M., Porter, J.W., Smith, G.W. & Vasta, G.R. 1999. Emerging marine diseases — climatic links and anthropogenic factors. Science 285: 1505-1510

Hine, P.M. & Thorne, T. 2000. A survey of some parasites and diseases of several species of bivalve mollusc in northern Western Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 40: 67-78

Humphrey, J.D. 1988. Disease risks associated with translocation of shellfish, with special reference to the giant clam Tridacna gigas. pp. 241-244 in Copland, J.W. & Lucas, J.S. (eds). Giant Clams in Asia and the Pacific. Canberra : ACIAR.

Jones, J.B. & Creeper, J. 2006. Diseases of pearl oysters and other molluscs: a Western Australian perspective. Journal of Shellfish Research 25: 233-238

Langdon, J.S. 1988. Diseases of introduced Australian fish in Fish Diseases. Refresher Course for Veterinarians. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. pp. 225-276

Lester, R.J.G. 1990. Diseases of cultured molluscs in Australia. pp. 207-216 in Advances in Tropical Aquaculture, Actes de Colloques. Aquacop IFREMER: Tahiti.

Lester, R.J.G., Goggin, C.L. & Sewell, K.B. 1990. Perkinsus in Australia. pp. 189-199 in Perkins, F.O. & Cheng, T.C. (eds). Pathology in Marine Science. San Diego : Acadameic Press.

Lester, R.J.G. & Sewell, K.B. 1989. Checklist of parasites from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 101-128

Owens, L., Glazebrook, J.S., Ladds, P.W. & Campbell, R.S.F. 1988. Disease in tropical mariculture in Australia. pp. 375-416 in Fish diseases. Refresher course for veterinarians. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Mar-2015	SARCOMASTIGOPHORA Honigberg & Balamuth, 1934	12-Mar-2015	MOVED
12-Mar-2015	SARCOMASTIGOPHORA Honigberg & Balamuth, 1934	03-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
26-Jul-2012		12-Mar-2015	MODIFIED
		20-Sep-2011	ADDED