Genus Spironucleus Lavier, 1936

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• Spironucleus Lavier, G. 1936. Sur la structure des flagellés du genre Hexamita Duj. Comptes Rendus de la Société Biologie 121: 1173-1180 1 fig.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from eastern Australia.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Alisterus scapularis (Lichtenstein, 1816) [POLYTELITIDAE] Australian King-parrot (intestines); Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw, 1805) [PSITTACIDAE] Budgerigar (crop); Nymphicus hollandicus (Kerr, 1792) [CACATUIDAE] Cockateil; Neophema splendida (Gould, 1841) [PSITTACIDAE] Scarlet-chested Parrot, Splendid Parrot).

General References

Ladds, P. 2009. Pathology of Australian Native Wildlife. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 640 pp.

McKeon, T., Dunsmore, J. & Raidal, S.R. 1997. Trichomonas gallinae in budgerigars and columbid birds in Perth, Western Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal 75: 652-655

Philbey, A.W., Andrew, P.L., Gestier, A.W., Reece, R.L. & Arzey, K.E. 2002. Spironucleosis in Australian king parrots (Alisterus scapularis). Australian Veterinary Journal 80: 154-160

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