Genus Steinhausia Sprague, Ormieres & Manier, 1972

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• Steinhausia Sprague, V., Ormières, R. & Manier, J.F. 1972. Creation of a new genus and a new family in the microsporida. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 20(2): 228-231.

  Type species:

   Haplosporidium mytilovum Field, 1924 by original designation.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from eastern Australia.

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

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1880) [OSTREIDAE] Sydney Rock Oyster, Moreton Bay Rock Oyster (syn. Crassostrea commercialis, S. commercialis; ovocytes)).

Associated Fauna References

Anderson, T.J., Hine, P.M. & Lester, R.J.G. 1995. A Steinhausia-like infection in the ovocytes of Sydney rock oysters Saccostrea commercialis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 22: 143-146 (Saccostrea glomerata)

History of changes