Genus Uronema Dujardin, 1841

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• Uronema 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.

Introduction

Unidentified free-living species recorded from marine waters of the Great Barrier Reef; size not recorded.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; NSW, SA, Vic, WA: 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) ; NSW, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, symbiotic (host(s): Sillago ciliata Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 [SILLAGINIDAE] Sand Whiting (skin, muscle); Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson, 1849) [BLENNIIDAE] Tasmanian Blenny; Thunnus maccoyii Castelnau, 1872 [SCOMBRIDAE] Southern Bluefin Tuna; Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827 [SYNGNATHIDAE] Big-belly Seahorse; Latris lineata Bloch & Schneider, 1801 [LATRIDAE] Tasmanian Trumpeter (muscles)).

General References

Alongi, D.M. 1986. Quantitative estimates of benthic protozoa in tropical marine systems using silica gel: a comparison of methods. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 23: 443-450

Gill, P. & Callinan, R.B. 1997. Ulcerative dermatitis associated with Uronema sp. infection of farmed sand whiting Sillago ciliata. Australian Veterinary Journal 75: 357

Langdon, J.S. 1992. Pathology of fish skin, gills, heart and musculoskeletal system. pp. 111-130 in Fin Fish Workshop. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney.

Munday, B.L. 1996. Infectious diseases of finfish. in Fish Health Workshop. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. pp. 81-132

Watts, M., Burke, C.M. & Munday, B.L. 1996. The development of a fluorescent antibody stain to identify a Uronema sp. (Ciliophora: Scuticociliatida) implicated in fatal encephalitis in southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii). Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 16: 104-108

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