Genus Sathrophilus Corliss, 1960

Museums

Regional Maps

• Saprophilus Stokes, A. C. 1887. Notices on new fresh-water infusoria. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society xxiv: 244–255 [pre-occupied].
• Sathrophilus Corliss, J.O. 1960. The problem of homonyms among generic names of ciliated protozoa, with proposal of several new names. Journal of Protozoology 7: 269–278 [308] [replacement name; for Saprophilus Stokes, 1887 (pre-occupied)].

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), 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), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, 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)).

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