Species Sterkiella histriomuscorum (Foissner, Blatterer, Berger & Kohmann, 1991)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Oxytricha histriomuscorum Foissner, W., Blatterer, H., Berger, H. & Kohmann, F. 1991. Taxonomische und okologische Revision der Ciliaten des Saprobiensystems. Band 1: Cyrtophorida, Oligotrichida, Hypotrichia, Colpodea. Informationsberichte des Bayerisches Landesamtes für Wasserwirtschaft, München 1/91: 478 pp. [311].
• Histriculus muscorum Kahl, A. 1932. Urtiere oder Protozoa. I. Wimpertiere oder Ciliata (Infusoria). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile 25: 399-650.

Generic Combinations

• Sterkiella histriomuscorum (Foissner, Blatterer, Berger & Kohmann, 1991).
• Histrio muscorum (Kahl, 1932).

Introduction

Size: 100-150 x 40-60 µm

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld, Tas: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Moss, soil dweller.

General References

Berger, H. 1999. Monograph of the Oxytrichidae (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia). Dordrecht : Monographiae Biologicae, Kluwer Academic Publishers Vol. 78 1080 pp.

Foissner, W. 1997. Soil ciliates (Protozoa: Ciliophora) from evergreen rain forests of Australia, South America and Costa Rica; diversity and description of new species. Biology and Fertility of Soils 25: 317-339

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

Foissner, W., Blatterer, H., Berger, H. & Kohmann, F. 1991. Taxonomische und okologische Revision der Ciliaten des Saprobiensystems. Band 1: Cyrtophorida, Oligotrichida, Hypotrichia, Colpodea. Informationsberichte des Bayerisches Landesamtes für Wasserwirtschaft, München 1/91: 478 pp.

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