Genus Thuricola Kent, 1881

Museums

Regional Maps

• Thuricola Saville-Kent, W. 1881. A manual of the infusoria: including a description of all known flagellate, ciliate, and tentaculiferous protozoa, British and foreign, and an account of the organization and affinities of the sponges. London : David Bogue Vols. I-II text, Vol. III plates 913 pp., pls. I-LI. [published from 1880–1882].

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from eastern Australia and Tasmania.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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.

General References

Andrews, E.A. 1950. Folliculinids in Australia. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 69: 413-421

Fielder, W. 1893. Excursion to Heidelberg. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 9: 135-136

Seamer, D.G. 1998. Freshwater Protozoa of Tasmania. A New Guide to the Identification of Tasmania's Freshwater Protozoa. Printing Authority of Tasmaina : WRA Unit Report 98/05. Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries 141 pp.

Shephard, J. 1893. Excursion to Carrum. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 10: 3-4

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