Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Blepharostoma Schewiakoff, W. 1892. Ueber die geographische Verbreitung der Susswasser-Protozoen. Memoires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg 7 41: 1-201.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Blepharostoma glaucoma Schewiakoff, W. 1892. Ueber die geographische Verbreitung der Susswasser-Protozoen. Memoires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg 7 41: 1-201.

Introduction

Size: 15 x 12 µm

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, marine.

General References

Schewiakoff, W. 1892. Ueber die geographische Verbreitung der Süsswasser-Protozoan. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorisch-Medizinischen Vereins zu Heidelberg iv(5): 544-567

Schewiakoff, W. 1893. Uber die geographische Verbreitung der Susswasser-Protozoen. Memoires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg 7 41: 1-201 + 5 pls

History of changes

• Deltopylum Faure-Fremiet, E. & Mugard, H. 1947. Sur un infusoire holotriche histiophage Deltopylum rhaboides n. gen., n. sp. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 71(161-164).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Deltopylum rhabdoides Faure-Fremiet, E. & Mugard, H. 1947. Sur un infusoire holotriche histiophage Deltopylum rhaboides n. gen., n. sp. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 71(161-164).

Introduction

Size: not recorded

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, marine.

General References

Esteban, G.F., Finlay, B.J., Olmo, J.L. & Tyler, P.A. 2000. Ciliated protozoa from a volcanic crater-lake in Victoria, Australia. Journal of Natural History 34: 159-189

Finlay, B.J., Esteban, G.F., Olmo, J.L. & Tyler, P.A. 1999. Global distribution of free-living microbial species. Ecography 22: 138-144

History of changes

• Tetrahymena Fergason, W.H. 1940. The significant cytostomal pattern of the "Glaucoma-Colpidium group," and a proposed new genus and species, Tetrahymena geleii. Archiv für Protistenkunde 94: 224-266 [258].
• Leucophrys Ehrenberg, C.G. 1830. Organisation, Systematik und geographisches Verhältnis der Infusionsthierchen. Zwei Vorträge in der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin gehalten in den Jahren 1828 und 1839. Abhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin 1830: 1-108 8 pls.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from southeastern Australia.

Distribution

States

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

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 Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, marine, symbiotic (host(s): Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 [SALMONIDAE] Atlantic Salmon (fin, tail); Maccullochella peeli (Mitchell, 1838) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Murray Cod (syn. Acerina peeli; skin, gills); Macquaria ambigua (Richardson, 1845) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Golden Perch, Callop, Yellow-belly (syn. Plectroplites ambiguus; skin, gills); Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) [TERAPONIDAE] Silver Perch, Tcheri (skin, gills)).

Extra Ecological Information

Free-living species

General References

Callinan, R.B. 1988. Diseases of Australian natives fishes. in Fish Diseases. Refresher Course forVeterinarians. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science : Sydney. pp. 459-472 (ecology)

Gibbons, S. 1874. Air and water poisoning in Melbourne. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 10: 180-202

Munday, B.L. 1996. Infectious diseases of finfish. in Fish Health Workshop. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. pp. 81-132 (ecology)

Rowland, S.J. & Ingram, B.A. 1991. Diseases of Australian native freshwater fishes with particular emphasis on the ectoparasitic and fungal diseases of Murray cod (Maccullochella peeli), golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) and silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus). Fisheries Bulletin 4, N.S.W. Dept. Agric. & Fisheries. (ecology)

History of changes

• Tetrahymena australis Nanney, D.L. & McCoy, J.W. 1976. Characterization of the species of the Tetrahymena pyriformis complex. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 95: 664-682.

Introduction

Size: not recorded; region: not recorded

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, marine, symbiotic (host(s): Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 [SALMONIDAE] Atlantic Salmon (fin, tail); Maccullochella peeli (Mitchell, 1838) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Murray Cod (syn. Acerina peeli; skin, gills); Macquaria ambigua (Richardson, 1845) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Golden Perch, Callop, Yellow-belly (syn. Plectroplites ambiguus; skin, gills); Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) [TERAPONIDAE] Silver Perch, Tcheri (skin, gills)).

General References

Nanney, D.L. & McCoy, J.W. 1976. Characterization of the species of the Tetrahymena pyriformis complex. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 95: 664-682

History of changes

• Tetrahymena capricornis Nanney, D.L. & McCoy, J.W. 1976. Characterization of the species of the Tetrahymena pyriformis complex. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 95: 664-682.

Introduction

Size: not recorded; region: not recorded.

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, marine, symbiotic (host(s): Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 [SALMONIDAE] Atlantic Salmon (fin, tail); Maccullochella peeli (Mitchell, 1838) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Murray Cod (syn. Acerina peeli; skin, gills); Macquaria ambigua (Richardson, 1845) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Golden Perch, Callop, Yellow-belly (syn. Plectroplites ambiguus; skin, gills); Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) [TERAPONIDAE] Silver Perch, Tcheri (skin, gills)).

General References

Nanney, D.L. & McCoy, J.W. 1976. Characterization of the species of the Tetrahymena pyriformis complex. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 95: 664-682

Preparata, R.M., Meyer, E.B., Preparata, F.P., Simon, E.M., Vossbrinck, C.R. & Nannay, D.L. 1989. Ciliate evolution: the ribosomal phylogenies of the tetrahymenine ciliates. Journal of Molecular Evolution 28: 427-441

History of changes

• Tetrahymena corlissi Thompson, J. C. 1955. Morphology of a new species of Tetrahymena. Journal of Protozoology 2 Suppl.: 12.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Imported

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, marine, symbiotic (host(s): Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1860 [POECILIIDAE] Guppy).

Associated Fauna References

Evans, B.B & Lester, R.J.G. 2001. Parasites of ornamental fish imported into Australia. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 21: 52-55 (Poecilia reticulata)

History of changes

• Leucophrys pyriformis Ehrenberg, C.G. 1830. Organisation, Systematik und geographisches Verhältnis der Infusionsthierchen. Zwei Vorträge in der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin gehalten in den Jahren 1828 und 1839. Abhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin 1830: 1-108 8 pls.

Generic Combinations

• Tetrahymena pyriformis (Ehrenberg, 1830). —
  Lwoff, A. 1947. Some aspects of the problems of growth factors for protozoa. Annual Review of Microbiology 1: 101-114

Introduction

Size: 10-90 µm

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), 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, marine, symbiotic (host(s): Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868) [PARASTACIDAE] Redclaw (systemic infection)).

Extra Ecological Information

Free-living

Associated Fauna References

Edgerton, B., O'Donoghue, P., Wingfield, M. & Owens, L. 1996. Systemic infection of freshwater crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus by hymenostome ciliates of the Tetrahymena pyriformis complex. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 27: 123-129 (Cherax quadricarinatus)

General References

Elliott, A.M. 1970. The distribution of Tetrahymena pyriformis. Journal of Protozoology 17: 162-168

Elliott, A.M. 1973. Life cycle and distribution of Tetrahymena. pp. 259-286 in Elliott, A.M. (ed). Biology of Tetrahymena. Stroudsburg, USA : Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Inc.

Elliott, A.M., Carey, S.E. & Studier, M.A. 1962. Tetrahymena pyriformis from several Pacific Islands and Australia. Journal of Protozoology 9(Suppl.): 25

Elliott, A.M., Studier, M.A. & Work, J.A. 1964. Tetrahymena pyriformis from several Pacific Islands and Australia. Journal of Protozoology 11: 370-378

History of changes

• Paraglaucoma rostrata Kahl, A. 1926. Neue und wenig bekannte Formen der holotrichen und heterotrichen Ciliaten. Archiv für Protistenkunde 55: 197-438.

Generic Combinations

• Tetrahymena rostrata (Kahl, 1926). —
  Corliss, J. O. 1952. Review of the genus Tetrahymena. Proceedings of the Society of Protozoologists 3: 3

Introduction

Size: not recorded

Distribution

States

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

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 Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, marine, moss, soil dweller, symbiotic (host(s): Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 [SALMONIDAE] Atlantic Salmon (fin, tail); Maccullochella peeli (Mitchell, 1838) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Murray Cod (syn. Acerina peeli; skin, gills); Macquaria ambigua (Richardson, 1845) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Golden Perch, Callop, Yellow-belly (syn. Plectroplites ambiguus; skin, gills); Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) [TERAPONIDAE] Silver Perch, Tcheri (skin, gills)).

General References

Blatterer, H. & Foissner, W. 1988. Beitrag zur terricolen Ciliatenfauna (Protozoa, Ciliophora) Australiens. Stapfia 17: 1-84

Foissner, W. 1998. An updated compilation of world soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with ecological notes, new records, and descriptions of new species. European Journal of Protistology 34: 195-235

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

History of changes