Species Thelohania duorara Iverson & Manning, 1959

Museums

Regional Maps

• Thelohania duorara Iversen, E.S. & Manning, R.B. 1959. A New Microsporidan Parasite from the Pink Shrimp (Penaeus duorarum). Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 88(2): 130-132.

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

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Penaeus merguiensis de Man, 1888 [PENAEIDAE] Banana Prawn (muscles); Penaeus semisulcatus de Haan, 1844 [PENAEIDAE] Green Tiger Prawn (muscles, connective tissue); Penaeus longistylus Kubo, 1943 [PENAEIDAE] Redspot King Prawn (muscles, connective tissue); Penaeus esculentus Haswell, 1879 [PENAEIDAE] Tiger Prawn; Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896 [PENAEIDAE] Western King Prawn (muscles, connective tissue)).

Associated Fauna 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. (Penaeus merguiensis; Penaeus esculentus; Penaeus semisulcatus)

Owens, L., Glazebrook, J.S., Ladds, P.W. & Campbell, R.S.F. 1988. Disease in tropical mariculture in Australia. pp. 375-416 in Fish diseases. Refresher course for veterinarians. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. (Penaeus longistylus; Penaeus latisulcatus)

Owens, L. & Glazebrook, J.S. 1988. Microsporidiosis in prawns from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 39: 301-305 (Penaeus longistylus; Penaeus latisulcatus; Penaeus semisulcatus)

Owens, L. & Hall-Mendelin, S. 1990. Diseases relevant to penaeid mariculture in tropical Austraia. pp. 421-432 in Perkins, F.O. & Cheng, T.C. (eds). Pathology in Marine Science. San Diego : Acadameic Press. (Penaeus merguiensis)

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