Species Urosomoida agilis (Engelmann, 1862)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Uroleptus agilis Engelmann, T. W. 1862. Zur Naturgeschichte der Infusionsthiere: Beitrage zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Infusorien. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 11: 347-393.

Generic Combinations

• Urosomoida agilis (Engelmann, 1862). —
  Hemberger, H. 1982. Revision der Ordnung Hypotrichida Stein (Ciliophora, Protozoa) and Hand von Protargolpräparaten und Morphogenesedarstellungen. Diss. Math.-Naturwiss, Fak. Univ. Bonn, Bonn. 296 pp.

Introduction

Size: not recorded

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Salt lake, soil dweller.

General References

Foissner, W. 1998. An updated compilation of world soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with ecological notes, new records, and descriptions of new species. European Journal of Protistology 34: 195-235

Foissner, W., Agatha, S. & Berger, H. 2002. Soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Namibia (Southwest Africa), with emphasis on two contrasting environments, the Etosha Region and the Namib Desert. Denisia 5: 1-1459

Pomp, R. & Wilbert, N. 1988. Taxonomic and ecological studies of ciliates from Australian saline soils. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 39: 479-495

Wilbert, N. 1995. Benthic ciliates of salt lakes. Acta Protozoologica 34: 271-288

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