Genus Sarcocystis Lankester, 1882
Introduction
Unidentified species recorded from most states of Australia, and many unspecified regions.
Distribution
IBRA
Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Parasitic (host(s): Macropus agilis (Gould, 1842) [MACROPODIDAE] Agile Wallaby (skeletal muscle); Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck, 1824 [PELECANIDAE] Australian Pelican (muscle); Corvus coronoides (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) [CORVIDAE] Australian Raven (muscle); Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) [TYTONIDAE] Barn Owl (intestines); Amphibolurus barbatus (Cuvier, 1829) [AGAMIDAE] Bearded Dragon, Jew Lizard (syn. Ctenophorus barbatus, Pogona barbata; muscle); Emblema bella (Latham, 1801) [ESTRILDIDAE] Beautiful Firetail (syn. Staganoplura bella; muscle); Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat (muscle); Notechis ater (Krefft, 1866) [ELAPIDAE] Black Tiger Snake (intestine); Elanus notatus Gould, 1838 [ACCIPITRIDAE] Black-shouldered Kite (muscle); Mastacomys fuscus Thomas, 1882 [MURIDAE] Broad-toothed Rat (muscle); Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841 [DASYURIDAE] Brown Antechinus (= A. Agilis; muscle); Falco berigora Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 [FALCONIDAE] Brown Falcon (muscle, intestines); Accipiter fasciatus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) [ACCIPITRIDAE] Brown Goshawk (muscle); Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) [MURIDAE] Brown Rat (syn. Rattus decumanus Pallus, 1778, Mus decumanus; muscle); Boiga irregularis (Merrem, 1802) [COLUBRIDAE] Brown Tree Snake (faeces); Petrogale penicillata (Gray, 1825) [MACROPODIDAE] Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby (muscle); Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw, 1805) [PSITTACIDAE] Budgerigar (muscles); Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat (skeletal muscle); Rattus sordidus (Gould, 1858) [MURIDAE] Canefield Rat (syn. R. conatus; muscle); Morelia spilotes (Lacepede, 1804) [BOIDAE] Carpet & Diamond Pythons (syn. Morelia spilota; faeces, small intestines); Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat (faeces); Melomys littoralis (Lonnberg, 1916) [MURIDAE] Climbing Rat (muscle); Nymphicus hollandicus (Kerr, 1792) [CACATUIDAE] Cockateil (brain); Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) [PHALANGERIDAE] Common Brushtail Possum (muscle); Planigale maculata (Gould, 1851) [DASYURIDAE] Common Planigale (muscle); Austrelaps superbus (Günther, 1858) [ELAPIDAE] Copperhead (intestines);; Platycercus elegans (Gmelin, 1788) [PSITTACIDAE] Crimson Rosella (muscle); Anhinga rufa (Daudin, 1802) [ANHINGIDAE] Darter (muscle); Canis familiaris dingo Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Dingo (= Canis lupus dingo; faeces); Delphinus sp. [DELPHINIDAE] Dolphin (muscle); Gallus gallus Linnaeus, 1758 [PHASIANIDAE] Domestic Chicken (muscles); Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Domestic Dog (intestines, faeces); Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840) [DASYURIDAE] Dusky Antechinus (muscle); Perameles gunnii Gray, 1838 [PERAMELIDAE] Eastern Barred Bandicoot (muscle); Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 [MACROPODIDAE] Eastern Grey Kangaroo (syn. M. canguru; muscle); Platycercus eximius (Shaw, 1792) [PSITTACIDAE] Eastern Rosella (muscle); Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 [RALLIDAE] Eurasian Coot (muscle); Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis (Spencer, 1896) [DASYURIDAE] Fat-tailed Antechinus (syn. Antechinus macdonnellensis; muscle); Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852) [MURIDAE] Fawn-footed Melomys (muscle); Petroica phoenicea Gould, 1837 [MUSCICAPIDAE] Flame Robin (muscle); Corvus tasmanicus Mathews, 1912 [CORVIDAE] Forest Raven (muscle); Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) [CANIDAE] Fox (faeces); Capra hircus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Goat (muscles, adrenals, kidney, lung, brain, antibodies (CFT)); Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838) [VARANIDAE] Gould’s Goanna, Sand Monitor (muscle); Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) [PHALACROCORACIDAE] Great Cormorant (muscle); Egretta alba (Linnaeus, 1758) [ARDEIDAE] Great Egret (muscle); Pseudocheirus archeri (Collett, 1884) [PETAURIDAE] Green Ringtail Possum (muscle); Colluricincla harmonica (Latham, 1801) [MUSCICAPIDAE] Grey Shrike-thrush (muscle); Anas gibberifrons Müller, 1842 [ANATIDAE] Grey Teal (muscle); Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck, 1825 [PTEROPODIDAE] Grey-headed Flying-fox; Poliocephalus poliocephalus (Jardine & Selby, 1827) [PODICIPEDIDAE] Hoary-headed Grebe (muscle); Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 [MURIDAE] House Mouse (syn. M. domesticus; muscle); Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human (muscle, antibodies (ELISA), faeces); Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) [ALCEDINIDAE] Kookaburra, Laughing Jackass, Brown Kingfisher (syn. D. gigas; muscle); Varanus varius (White, 1790) [VARANIDAE] Lace Monitor (muscle); Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Brandt, 1837) [PHALACROCORACIDAE] Little Black Cormorant (muscle); Phalacrocorax melanoleucos (Vieillot, 1817) [PHALACROCORACIDAE] Little Pied Cormorant (muscle); Parantechinus rosamondae (Ride, 1964) [DASYURIDAE] Little Red Antechinus (syn. Antechinus rosamondae; muscle; cited as Dasykaluta rosamondae in (1726)); Perameles nasuta Geoffroy, 1804 [PERAMELIDAE] Long-nosed Bandicoot (muscle); Pseudomys higginsi (Trouessart, 1897) [MURIDAE] Long-tailed Mouse (muscle); Dendrolagus lumholtzi Collett, 1884 [MACROPODIDAE] Lumholtz’s Tree-kangaroo (muscle); Anseranus semipalmata (Latham, 1798) [ANSERANATIDAE] Magpie Goose (muscle); Tyto novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) [TYTONIDAE] Masked Owl (intestines); Leiolopisma metallicum (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) [SCINCIDAE] Metallic Skink (muscle); Trichosurus caninus (Ogilby, 1836) [PHALANGERIDAE] Mountain Brushtail Possum (muscle); Psephotus varius Clark, 1910 [PSITTACIDAE] Mulga Parrot (muscle); Pseudechis australis (Gray, 1842) [ELAPIDAE] Mulga Snake, King Brown Snake (faeces); Peradorcas concinna Gould, 1842 [MACROPODIDAE] Narbarlek (muscle); Pseudantechinus ningbing Kitchner, 1988 [DASYURIDAE] Ningbing Pseudantechinus (muscle); Isoodon macrourus (Gould, 1842) [PERAMELIDAE] Northern Brown Bandicoot (muscle); Dasyurus hallucatus (Gould, 1842) [DASYURIDAE] Northern Quoll (muscle, tongue); Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Ox (muscle, foetus, placenta, antibodies (CFT)); Anas superciliosa Gmelin, 1789 [ANATIDAE] Pacific Black Duck (muscle); Larus pacificus Latham, 1801 [LARIDAE] Pacific Gull (muscle); Ardea pacifica Latham, 1801 [ARDEIDAE] Pacific Heron (muscle); Phalacrocorax varius (Gmelin, 1879) [PHALACROCORACIDAE] Pied Cormorant (muscle); Strepera graculina (Shaw, 1790) [CRACTICIDAE] Pied Currawong (muscle); Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 [SUIDAE] Pig (muscles); Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758) [RALLIDAE] Purple Swamphen (muscle); Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) [LEPORIDAE] Rabbit (muscle); Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822) [MACROPODIDAE] Red Kangaroo (syn. Megalia rufus; muscle); Pseudechis porphyriacus (Shaw, 1794) [ELAPIDAE] Red-bellied Black Snake (intestines); Macropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Wallaby (syn. M. bennetti; gut wall, muscle); Psephotus haematonotus (Gould, 1837) [PSITTACIDAE] Red-rumped Parrot (muscle); Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789) [ARDEIDAE] Rufous Night Heron (muscle); Parantechinus bilarni (Johnson, 1954) [DASYURIDAE] Sandstone Antechinus (syn. A. bilarni; muscle); Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Sheep (muscle, brain, foetal tissues, antibodies (CFT)); Petrogale brachyotis (Gould, 1841) [MACROPODIDAE] Short-eared Rock-wallaby (muscle); Larus novaehollandiae Stephens, 1826 [LARIDAE] Silver Gull (muscle); Zosterops caerulescens Latham, 1801 [ZOSTEROPIDAE] Silver-eye, Grey-breasted Silver-Eye (syn. Z. lateralis; muscle); Catharacta lonnbergi Mathews, 1912 [LARIDAE] Skua (muscle); Ninox novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1788) [STRIGIDAE] Southern Boobook (intestines); Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] Southern Brown Bandicoot (syn. Thylacis obesulus; skeletal muscle); Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 [PHYSETERIDAE] Sperm Whale (syn. P. catadon; muscle); Pardalotus punctatus (Shaw, 1792) [PARDALOTIDAE] Spotted Pardalote (muscle); Pardalotus striatus (Gmelin, 1789) [PARDALOTIDAE] Striated Pardalote (muscle); Melithreptus validirostris (Gould, 1837) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Strong-billed Honeyeater (muscle); Malurus cyaneus (Latham, 1783) [MALURIDAE] Superb Blue Wren (muscle); Rattus lutreolus (Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] Swamp Rat (muscle); Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] Swamp Wallaby (muscle); Sarcophilus harrisii (Boitard, 1841) [DASYURIDAE] Tasmanian Devil (faeces, muscle); Gallinula mortierii (Dubois, 1840) [RALLIDAE] Tasmanian Native Hen (syn. Tribonyx mortierii; muscle); Thylogale billardierii (Desmarest, 1822) [MACROPODIDAE] Tasmanian Pademelon (muscle); Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792) [DASYURIDAE] Tiger Quoll (faeces); Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1851 [CORVIDAE] Torresian Crow (faeces); Hirundo nigricans (Vieillot, 1817) [HIRUNDINIDAE] Tree Martin (syn. Petrochilidon nigricans, = Cecropis nigricans; muscle); Hydromys chrysogaster Geoffroy, 1804 [MURIDAE] Water Rat (muscle); Gymnorhina leuconota (Gould, 1837) [CRACTICIDAE] White-backed Magpie (syn. G. hypoleuca; muscle); Sericornis frontalis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) [ACANTHIZIDAE] White-browed Scrubwren (muscle); Uromys caudimaculatus (Krefft, 1867) [MURIDAE] White-tailed Rat (muscle); Platalea flavipes Gould, 1838 [THRESKIORNITHIDAE] Yellow-billed Spoonbill (muscle); Lichenostomus flavicollis (Vieillot, 1817) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Yellow-throated Honeyeater (syn. Meliphaga flavicollis; muscle); Rattus sp. [MURIDAE] (diaphragm)).
Extra Ecological Information
Unidentified species of Sarcocystis have been found in the listed parasite hosts.
General References
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