Species Tetrahymena pyriformis (Ehrenberg, 1830)

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Regional Maps

• 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 and IMCRA regions

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

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