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Species Trypanosoma binneyi Mackerras, 1959

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) [ORNITHORHYNCHIDAE] Platypus (blood)).

Associated Fauna References

Connolly, J.H., Obendorf, D.L. & Whittington, R.J. 1999. Haematological, serum biochemical and serological features of platypuses with and without mycotic granulomatous dermatitis. Australian Veterinary Journal 77: 809-813 (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Hamilton, P.B., Stevens, J.R., Gidley, J., Holz, P. & Gibson, W.C. 2005. A new lineage of trypanosomes from Australian vertebrates and terrestrial bloodsucking leeches (Haemadipsidae). International Journal for Parasitology 35: 431-443 (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Hoare, C.A. 1972. The Trypanosomes of Mammals. A Zoological Monograph. Oxford : Blackwell Scientific Publishers. (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Jakes, K.A., O'Donoghue, P.J. & Adlard, R.D. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships of Trypanosoma chelodina and Trypanosoma binneyi from Australian tortoises and platypuses inferred from small subunit rRNA analyses. Parasitology 123: 483-487 (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Mackerras, M.J. 1959. The haematozoa of Australian mammals. Australian Journal of Zoology 7: 105-135 (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

McMillan, B. & Bancroft, B.J. 1974. On the morphology of Trypanosoma binneyi Mackerras, 1959 from the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus. International Journal for Parasitology 4: 441-442 (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Noyes, H.A., Stevens, J.R., Teixeira, M., Phelan, J. & Holz, P. 1999. A nested PCR for the ssrRNA gene detects Trypanosoma binneyi in the platypus and Trypanosoma sp. in wombats and kangaroos in Australia. International Journal for Parasitology 29: 331-339 (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2016 TRYPANOSOMATIDAE 03-Jul-2024 MODIFIED
12-Mar-2015 EXCAVATA Cavalier-Smith, 2002 (emend. Simpson (2003)) 12-Mar-2015 MOVED
12-Mar-2015 SARCOMASTIGOPHORA Honigberg & Balamuth, 1934 03-Jul-2024 MODIFIED
26-Jul-2012 03-Jul-2024 MODIFIED
20-Jul-2011 ADDED