Genus Thelohania Henneguy & Thélohan, 1892

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• Thelohania Henneguy, F. & Thélohan, P. 1892. Myxosporidies parasites des muscles chez quelques crustacés décapodes. Annales de Micrographie 4: 617–641.

  Type species:

   Thelohania giardi Henneguy & Thélohan, 1892 by original designation.

Introduction

Based on ribosomal DNA sequence data, the Microsporidia are recognised as Fungi and not Protists. At present Australian Biological Resource Study has retained the Microsporidia as a phylum in the Protists for historical comparative purposes.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Cherax albidus Clark, 1936 [PARASTACIDAE] White Yabby (muscle); Cherax destructor (Clark, 1936) [PARASTACIDAE] Inland Yabbie (muscles); Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868) [PARASTACIDAE] Redclaw (muscle); Cherax quinquecarinatus (Gray, 1845) [PARASTACIDAE] Gilgy (muscles); Cherax tenuimanus (Smith, 1912) [PARASTACIDAE] Marron; Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man, 1879) [PALAEMONIDAE] Giant River Prawn (muscle); Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1766) [PORTUNIDAE] Sand Crab (foregut)).

Extra Ecological Information

Unidentified species of Thelohania have been found in the listed parasite hosts.

Associated Fauna References

Carstairs, I.L. 1978. Report of microsporidial infestation of the freshwater crayfish, Cherax destructor. Freshwater Crayfish 4: 343-348 (Cherax destructor)

Herbert, B. 1987. Notes on diseases and epibionts of Cherax quadricarinatus and C. tenuimanus Decapoda: Parastacidae). Aquaculture 64: 165-173 (Cherax tenuimanus; Cherax quadricarinatus)

Herbert, B.W. 1988. Infection of Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda: Parastacidae) by the microsporidium Thelohania sp. (Microsporida: Nosematidae). Journal of Fish Diseases 11: 301-308 (Cherax quadricarinatus)

Jones, J.B. & Lawrence, C.S. 2001. Diseases of yabbies (Cherax albidus) in Western Australia. Aquaculture 194: 221-232 (Cherax albidus)

Langdon, J.S. 1991. Microsporidiosis due to a pleistophorid in marron, Cherax tenuimanus (Smith), (Decapoda: Parastacidae). Journal of Fish Diseases 14: 33-44 (Cherax tenuimanus)

Mills, B. 1983. A review of diseases of freshwater crayfish, with particular reference to the yabbie, Cherax destructor. Fisheries Research Paper, Department of Fisheries (S.A.) No. 9: 1-18 (Cherax destructor)

Owens, L. & Evans, L. 1989. Common diseases of freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium) and crayfish (marron and yabbies) relevant to Australia. pp. 227-240 in Invertebrates in Aquaculture. Refresher Course for Veterinarians. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)

Semple, G.P. 1995. Occurrence of pathogenic Thelohania (Microsporida: Nosematidae) in the Australian freshwater crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda: Parastacidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 115: 225-231 (Cherax quadricarinatus)

Shields, J.D. 1992. Parasites and symbionts of the crab Portunus pelagicus from Moreton Bay, eastern Australia. Journal of Crustacean Biology 12: 94-100 (Portunus pelagicus)

General References

Anderson I.G. 1990. Diseases in Australian invertebrate aquaculture. pp. 38-48 in [Anon]. Fifth International Colloquium on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control. Adelaide : Society for Invertebrate Pathology.

Cannon, L.R.G. & Sewell, K.B. 1994. Symbionts and biodiversity. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 36: 33-40

Horwitz, P. 1990. The translocation of freshwater crayfish in Australia: potential impact, the need for control and global relevance. Biological Conservation 54: 291-305

Humphrey, J.D. 1986. Fish health, disease control and aquaculture. in Freshwater Aquaculture in Australia. Rural Press Queensland: Brisbane. pp. 107-114

Langdon, J.S. 1988. Diseases of introduced Australian fish in Fish Diseases. Refresher Course for Veterinarians. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. pp. 225-276

Mills, B. 1986. Diseases of the yabbie. SAFIC 10: 10-13

Morrissy, N.M., Evans, L.E. & Huner, J.V. 1990. Australian freshwater crayfish: aquaculture species. World Aquaculture 21: 113-122

O'Donoghue, P.J., Beveridge, I. & Phillips, P.H. 1990. Parasites and ectocommensals of yabbies and marron in South Australia. Adelaide : S.A. Department of Fisheries.

Paynter, J.L. 1986. The disease status of freshwater prawns and crayfish. pp. 99-104, 112-113, 151-152 in Freshwater Aquaculture in Australia. Rural Press Queensland: Brisbane.

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