Genus Trichomonas Dujardin, 1841

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trichomonas Dujardin, F. 1841. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes infusoires comprenant la physiologie et la manière de les étudier à l'aide du microscope. Paris : Octavo XII 684 pp. [300].

 

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from most Australian states.

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Commensal, parasitic, symbiotic (host(s): 'Turtur suratensis' [COLUMBIDAE] 'Indian dove' (pharynx, larynx); Accipiter fasciatus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) [ACCIPITRIDAE] Brown Goshawk (oesophagus, pharynx); Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw, 1805) [PSITTACIDAE] Budgerigar (pharynx); Serinus canaria Linnaeus, 1758 [FRINGILLIDAE] Canary (oesophagus, crop); Tiliqua multifasciata Sternfeld, 1919 [SCINCIDAE] Centralian Blue-tongued Skink, Blue-tongued Lizard; Phaps chalcoptera (Latham, 1790) [COLUMBIDAE] Common Bronzewing (oesophagus, pharynx); Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck & Laugier, 1822) [COLUMBIDAE] Crested Pigeon (syn. Geophaps lophotes; gut); Gallus gallus Linnaeus, 1758 [PHASIANIDAE] Domestic Chicken (caeca, crop, oesophagus); Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 [COLUMBIDAE] Domestic Pigeon, Feral Pigeon (pharynx, oesophagus); Dromaius novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) [CASUARIIDAE] Emu (gut); Egernia stokesii (Gray, 1845) [SCINCIDAE] Gidgee Skink; Erythrura gouldiae (Gould, 1844) [PLOCEIDAE] Gouldian Finch (syn. Chloebia gouldiae); Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 [EQUIDAE] Horse (faeces); Varanus varius (White, 1790) [VARANIDAE] Lace Monitor; Rattus villosissimus (Waite, 1898) [MURIDAE] Long-haired Rat (gut); Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [BUFONIDAE] Marine Toad, Cane Toad (intestines); Glossopsitta concinna (Shaw, 1791) [PSITTACIDAE] Musk Lorikeet (oesophagus, pharynx); Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Ox (preputial cavity (culture)); Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 [SUIDAE] Pig (gut); Cacatua leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831) [CACATUIDAE] Pink Cockatoo, Major Mitchell Cockatoo, Leadbeater’s Cockatoo (crop); Trachydosaurus rugosus Gray, 1825 [SCINCIDAE] Shingleback Lizard, Stumpy-tailed Lizard, Sleepy Lizard (syn. Tiliqua rugosa; rectum); Ninox novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1788) [STRIGIDAE] Southern Boobook (oesophagus, pharynx); Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] Southern Brown Bandicoot (syn. Thylacis obesulus; intestines); Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Günther, 1858 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Spotted Grass Frog (intestines); Varanus storri Mertens, 1966 [VARANIDAE] Storr’s Monitor; Oxyuranus scutellatus (Peters, 1867) [ELAPIDAE] Taipan (faeces); Podargus strigoides (Latham, 1801) [PODARGIDAE] Tawny Frogmouth, Mopoke (intestines); Bothrochilus fuscus (Peters, 1873) [BOIDAE] Water Python (syn. Liasis fuscus)).

 

General References

Boylan, T., Cunningham, M. & Reddacliff, G. 1985. Cryptosporidiosis in snakes at Taronga zoo. Thylacinus 10: 20-21

Callow, L.L. 1984. Animal Health in Australia. Volume 5. Protozoal and Rickettsial Diseases. Canberra : Aust. Govt. Publ. Service.

Freeland, W.J., Delvinquier, B.L.J. & Bonnin, B. 1986. Food and parasitism of the cane toad, Bufo marinus, in relation to time since colonization. Australian Wildlife Research 13: 489-499

Harrigan, K.E. 1978. Parasitic diseases of birds. in Fauna Part B. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. pp. 489-536

Harrigan, K.E. 1981. Parasitic diseases of birds. in Refresher Course on Aviary and Caged Birds. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. pp. 337-396

Johnston, T.H. 1932. The parasites of the "stumpy-tail" lizard Trachysaurus rugosus. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 56: 62-70

Ladds, P. 2009. Pathology of Australian Native Wildlife. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 640 pp.

Mackerras, M.J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. Part I. Monotremes and marsupials. Part II. Eutheria. Part III. Introduced herbivora and the domestic pig. Part IV. Man. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 101-160

Manahan, F.F. 1970. Diarrhoea in horses with particular reference to a chronic diarrhoea syndrome. Australian Veterinary Journal 46: 231-234

McCool, C.J., Townsend, M.P., Wolfe, S.G., Simpson, M.A., Olm, T.C., Jayawardhana, G.A. & Carney, J.V. 1988. Prevalence of bovine veneral disease in the Victoria River District of the Northern Territory: likely economic effects and practicable control measures. Australian Veterinary Journal 65: 153-156

O'Donoghue, P.J. 1997. Protozoan parasites of wildlife in south-east Queensland. pp. 119-136 in Tribe, A. (ed.). Proceedings of the 1997 Conference of the Australian Association of Veterinary Conservation Biologists. Brisbane : Australian Veterinary Association.

Raff, J.W. 1912. Protozoa parasitic in the large intestine of Australian frogs. Part II. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 24: 343-352

Reece, R.L., Beddome, V.D., Barr, D.A. & Scott, P.C. 1992. Common necroscopy findings in captive birds in Victoria, Australia (1978-1987). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 23: 301-312

Reece, R.L., Scott, P.C. & Barr, D.A. 1992. Some unusual diseases in the birds of Victoria, Australia. Veterinary Record 130: 178-185

Schultz, D.J. 1978. Diseases of parrots. pp. 223-244 in Fauna Part B. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney.

Schultz, D.J. 1981. Alimentary tract disease. pp. 535-562 in Refresher Course on Aviary and Caged Birds. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney.

Seddon, H.R. 1952. Diseases of domestic animals in Australia. Part 4. Protozoan and viral diseases. Canberra : Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Division of Veterinary Hygeine) Vol. No. 8.

Seddon, H.R. & Albiston, H.E. 1966. Diseases of domestic animals in Australia. Part 4. Protozoan and virus diseases. Canberra : Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Division of Veterinary Hygeine) Vol. No. 8 2.

Stewart, J. 1994. Ratites. pp. 1284-1326 in Ritchie, B.W., Harrison, G.J. & Harrison, L.R. (eds). Avian Medicine: Principles and Application. New York : Wingers Publishers.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Mar-2015		12-Mar-2015	MOVED
12-Mar-2015	EXCAVATA Cavalier-Smith, 2002 (emend. Simpson (2003))	12-Mar-2015	MOVED
12-Mar-2015	SARCOMASTIGOPHORA Honigberg & Balamuth, 1934	10-Apr-2024	MODIFIED
26-Jul-2012		12-Mar-2015	MODIFIED
		20-Jul-2011	ADDED