Genus Pleistophora Gurley, 1891

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• Pleistophora Gurley, R.R. 1891. On the Classification of the Myxosporidia, a group of protozoon parasites infesting Fishes. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission xi. 407-431 pp. [410].

  Type species:

   Pleistophora typicalis Gurley, 1891 by monotypy.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from eastern and southern Australia.

Based on ribosomal DNA sequence data, the Microsporidia are recognised as Fungi and not Protists. At present Australian Biological Resource Study has retained the Microsporidia as a phylum in the Protists for historical comparative purposes.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Cherax destructor (Clark, 1936) [PARASTACIDAE] Inland Yabbie (muscles); Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 [SALMONIDAE] Atlantic Salmon (muscles); Thyrsites atun (Euphrasén, 1791) [GEMPYLIDAE] Barracouta (syn. Scomber atun, Leionura atun)).

Associated Fauna References

Munday, B.L. 1996. Infectious diseases of finfish. in Fish Health Workshop. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. pp. 81-132 (Thyrsites atun)

Munday, B.L., Su, X-Q. & Harshbarger, J.C. 1998. A survey of product defects in Tasmanian Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Aquaculture 169: 297-302 (Salmo salar)

O'Donoghue, P.J., Beveridge, I. & Phillips, P.H. 1990. Parasites and ectocommensals of yabbies and marron in South Australia. Adelaide : S.A. Department of Fisheries. (Cherax destructor)

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