Species Pleistophora sciaenae Johnston & Bancroft, 1918

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• Pleistophora sciaenae Johnston, T.H. & Bancroft, M.J. 1918. Some new sporozoan parasites of Queensland freshwater fish. Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales 52: 520-528 [526].

Introduction

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): Johnius belangerii (Cuvier, 1830) [SCIAENIDAE] Belanger’s Jewfish, Little Jewfish (=J. belangeri (J. vogleri (different fish) synonyms are J. australis, Sciaena australis); ovary)).

Associated Fauna References

Beumer, J.P., Ashburner, L.D., Burberry, M.E., Jetté, E. & Latham, D.J. 1982. A checklist of the parasites of fishes from Australia and its adjacent Antarctic territories. Technical Communication No. 48 of the Commonwealth Institute of Parasitology (Thanet Press, Margate). 1-99 pp. (Johnius belangerii)

Johnston, T.H. & Bancroft, M.J. 1918. Some new sporozoan parasites of Queensland freshwater fish. Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales 52: 520-528 (Johnius belangerii)

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 (Johnius belangerii)

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

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