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dc.contributor.authorW. Klunzinger, Michael
dc.contributor.authorL. Morgan, David
dc.contributor.authorJ. Lymbery, Alan
dc.contributor.authorEbner, Brendan
dc.contributor.authorJ. Beatty, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorL. Thomson, Gordon
dc.contributor.editorPeter Frappell
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:32:55Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:32:55Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-03-23T05:47:29Z
dc.identifier.issn1446-5698
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/ZO10055
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/37660
dc.description.abstractFreshwater fishes are the most common hosts of the glochidia (parasitic larvae) of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida: Unionoidea). Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867) (Hyriidae), is the only known hyriid species recorded from the Fortescue River in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Eleven species of fish (n = 516) were captured from pools of the Fortescue River in June 2010. Small, white, bladder-like cysts were observed on Neosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner, 1867, though not on any of the remaining 10 species examined. Light microscopy of sectioned cysts revealed that they contained glochidia that were of similar size and shape to those of V. angasi. Glochidia were found on 73.2% of 168 N. hyrtlii examined, with a mean intensity of 3.3 cysts per infested fish. Prevalence was significantly greater on smaller fish (P < 0.01); however, no relationship between size and intensity of infestation was observed. This represents the first record of glochidia infestation on fish from the Pilbara region.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishing
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom263
dc.relation.ispartofpageto266
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Journal of Zoology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume58
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchFreshwater ecology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAgricultural, veterinary and food sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310304
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode30
dc.titleDiscovery of a host fish for glochidia of Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867) (Bivalvia : Unionoida : Hyriidae) from the Fortescue River, Pilbara, Western Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorKlunzinger, Michael


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