Species Protocyclidium muscicola (Kahl, 1931)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cyclidium muscicola Kahl, A. 1931. Urtiere oder Protozoa. 1. Wimpertiere oder Ciliata (Infusoria). 2 Holotricha ausser den im 1. Teil behandelten Prostomata. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile 21: 181-398.

Generic Combinations

• Protocyclidium muscicola (Kahl, 1931). —
  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

Introduction

Size: not recorded

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Among bark, freshwater, moss, soil dweller, symbiotic (host(s): Acropora cytherea Dana, 1846 [ACROPORIDAE] Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora grandis (Brook, 1892) [ACROPORIDAE] Branching Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora hyacinthus Dana, 1846 [ACROPORIDAE] Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora intermedia (Brook, 1891) [ACROPORIDAE] Branching Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora monticulosa (Bruggemann, 1879) [ACROPORIDAE] staghorn coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora muricata Linnaeus, 1758 [ACROPORIDAE] staghorn coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora palifera Lamarck, 1816 [ACROPORIDAE] cat’s paw coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora secale (Studer, 1878) [ACROPORIDAE] staghorn coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] corymbose coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] digitate coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] isoporan coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] staghorn coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] tabular coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora subulata (Dana, 1846) [ACROPORIDAE] coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora valida (Dana, 1846) [ACROPORIDAE] coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora yongei Veron & Wallace, 1984 [ACROPORIDAE] green slimer coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Echinopora sp. [FAVIIDAE] Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Favia sp. [FAVIIDAE] Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Montipora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus, 1758 [POCILLOPORIDAE] cauliflower or brush coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Pocillopora meandrina Dana, 1846 [POCILLOPORIDAE] cauliflower coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Pocillopora sp. [POCILLOPORIDAE] coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease)).

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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