Species Podophrya halophila Kahl, 1934

Museums

Regional Maps

• Podophrya halophila Kahl, A. 1934. Suctoria. In: Grimp G. & Wagler E. (Eds.) Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee. Leipzig : Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft pp. 184-226.

Introduction

Size: 25-40 µm

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectosymbiotic (host(s): Macrobrachium sp. [PALAEMONIDAE] (exoskeleton)), freshwater, salt lake, soil dweller, symbiotic (host(s): Onyx sp. [DESMODORIDAE] Free-living marine nematode (cuticle); Quadricoma sp. [DESMOSCOLECIDAE] Free-living marine nematode (cuticle); Spirinia sp. [DESMODORIDAE] Free-living marine nematode (cuticle); Tricoma sp. [DESMOSCOLECIDAE] Free-living marine nematode (cuticle); Desmoscolex sp. [DESMOSCOLECIDAE] Free-living marine nematode (cuticle); Pseudochromadora cazca Gerlach, 1956 [DESMODORIDAE] Free-living marine nematode (cuticle)).

General References

Blatterer, H. & Foissner, W. 1988. Beitrag zur terricolen Ciliatenfauna (Protozoa, Ciliophora) Australiens. Stapfia 17: 1-84

Foissner, W. 1998. An updated compilation of world soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with ecological notes, new records, and descriptions of new species. European Journal of Protistology 34: 195-235

Foissner, W., Agatha, S. & Berger, H. 2002. Soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Namibia (Southwest Africa), with emphasis on two contrasting environments, the Etosha Region and the Namib Desert. Denisia 5: 1-1459

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