Genus Zoothamnium Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1826

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• Zoothamnium Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. 1826. Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopique. Paris : Octavo XI + 104 pp.

 

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from northern and south-eastern Australia; size not recorded.

 

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, marine, symbiotic (host(s): Penaeus japonicus Bate, 1888 [PENEIDAE] Karuma Prawn (gills); unspecified pilumnid species [PILUMNIDAE] (gills); Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868) [PARASTACIDAE] Redclaw (exoskeleton); Cherax tenuimanus (Smith, 1912) [PARASTACIDAE] Marron (exoskeleton)).

Extra Ecological Information

Free-living

Associated Fauna References

Herbert, B. 1987. Notes on diseases and epibionts of Cherax quadricarinatus and C. tenuimanus Decapoda: Parastacidae). Aquaculture 64: 165-173 (Cherax tenuimanus; Cherax quadricarinatus)

Hudson, D.A. & Lester, R.J.G. 1992. Relationships between water quality parameters and ectocommensal ciliates on prawns (Penaeus japonicus Bate) in aquaculture. Aquaculture 105: 269-280 (Penaeus japonicus)

 

General References

Anderson I. 1990. Diseases — what type and how to prevent them. Australian Fisheries 49: 32-34 (ecology)

Anderson I.G. 1990. Diseases in Australian invertebrate aquaculture. pp. 38-48 in [Anon]. Fifth International Colloquium on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control. Adelaide : Society for Invertebrate Pathology. (ecology)

Cannon, L.R.G. & Sewell, K.B. 1994. Symbionts and biodiversity. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 36: 33-40 (ecology)

Lester, R.J.G. & Paynter, J.L. 1990. Diseases of cultured prawns in Australia. pp. 97-101 in Advances in Tropical Aquaculture, Actes de Colloque. Aquacop IFREMER: Tahiti. (ecology)

Lester, R.J.G. & Sewell, K.B. 1989. Checklist of parasites from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 101-128 (for unidentified species from an unidentified pilumnid; ecology)

Morado, J.F. & Small, E.B. 1995. Ciliate parasites and related diseases of crustacea: a review. Reviews in Fisheries Science 3: 275-354 (ecology)

Owens, L. & Evans, L. 1989. Common diseases of freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium) and crayfish (marron and yabbies) relevant to Australia. pp. 227-240 in Invertebrates in Aquaculture. Refresher Course for Veterinarians. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. (ecology)

Patterson, D.J. & Burford, M.A. 2001. A Guide to the Protozoa of Marine Aquaculture Ponds. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 54 pp.

Paynter, J.L. 1986. The disease status of freshwater prawns and crayfish. pp. 99-104, 112-113, 151-152 in Freshwater Aquaculture in Australia. Rural Press Queensland: Brisbane. (ecology)

Seamer, D.G. 1998. Freshwater Protozoa of Tasmania. A New Guide to the Identification of Tasmania's Freshwater Protozoa. Printing Authority of Tasmaina : WRA Unit Report 98/05. Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries 141 pp.

Shephard, J. 1892. Excursion to Heidelberg. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 8: 167-168

Whitelegge, T. 1889. List of the Marine and Freshwater Invertebrate Fauna of Port Jackson and the Neighbourhood. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 23: 163-323

 

History of changes

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02-Jul-2014	INTRAMACRONUCLEATA Lynn, 1996	03-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
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