Genus Spirostomum Ehrenberg, 1834

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• Spirostomum Ehrenberg, C.G. 1834. Dritter Beitrag zur Erkentnisse grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1833: 145-336, pls 1-11 [Date published 1834: dated 1833].

Introduction

Unidentified species reported in freshwater bodies in southeastern Australia.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: 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)

General References

Laybourn-Parry, J., Boyall, J. & Rogers, P. 1999. The role of flagellated and ciliated protozoa in lagoon and grass filter sewage treatment systems. Water Research 33: 2971-2977

Seamer, D.G. 1998. Freshwater Protozoa of Tasmania. A New Guide to the Identification of Tasmania's Freshwater Protozoa. Printing Authority of Tasmaina : WRA Unit Report 98/05. Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries 141 pp.

Wentworth, D. 1937. Notes on a protozoan, Spirostomum (sp.). Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 54: 42-44

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