Species Vavraia parastacida Langdon, 1991

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• Vavraia parastacida Langdon, J.S. 1991. Description of Vavraia parastacida sp. nov. (Microspora: Pleistophoridae) from marron, Cherax tenuimanus (Smith), (Decapoda: Parastacidae). Journal of Fish Diseases 14: 619-629.

Introduction

Based on ribosomal DNA sequence data, the Microsporidia are recognised as Fungi and not Protists. At present Australian Biological Resource Study has retained the Microsporidia as a phylum in the Protists for historical comparative purposes.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Cherax quinquecarinatus (Gray, 1845) [PARASTACIDAE] Gilgy (muscles); Cherax tenuimanus (Smith, 1912) [PARASTACIDAE] Marron (muscles); Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868) [PARASTACIDAE] Redclaw (muscle); Cherax albidus Clark, 1936 [PARASTACIDAE] White Yabby (muscles)).

Associated Fauna References

Langdon, J.S. 1991. Description of Vavraia parastacida sp. nov. (Microspora: Pleistophoridae) from marron, Cherax tenuimanus (Smith), (Decapoda: Parastacidae). Journal of Fish Diseases 14: 619-629 (Cherax tenuimanus; Cherax quadricarinatus; Cherax quinquecarinatus)

Langdon, J.S. 1991. Microsporidiosis due to a pleistophorid in marron, Cherax tenuimanus (Smith), (Decapoda: Parastacidae). Journal of Fish Diseases 14: 33-44 (Cherax tenuimanus; Cherax quadricarinatus; Cherax quinquecarinatus)

Langdon, J.S. & Thorne, T. 1992. Experimental transmission per os of microsporidiosis due to Vavraia parastacida in the marron, Cherax tenuimanus (Smith), and yabby, Cherax albidus Clark. Journal of Fish Diseases 15: 315-322 (Cherax albidus; Cherax tenuimanus)

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