Genus Tetrahymena Furgason, 1940

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• 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 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 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)

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