Australian Museum Journal Stentor amethystinus (Protista: Ciliophora: Heterotrichida), a common protozoan member of fresh-water plankton in Australia
- Shortform:
- Heep et al., 1998, Rec. Aust. Mus. 50(2): 211–216
- Author(s):
- Heep, T.; Rohozinski, J.; Simpson, A.; Patterson, D. J.
- Year published:
- 1998
- Title:
- Stentor amethystinus (Protista: Ciliophora: Heterotrichida), a common protozoan member of fresh-water plankton in Australia
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 50
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 211
- End page:
- 216
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1280
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 07 October 1998
- Cover date:
- 07 October 1998
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Digitized:
- 11 March 2009
- Available online:
- 16 July 2009
- Reference number:
- 1280
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (93kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1610kb PDF)
Abstract
Large numbers of a brown to violet ciliate can often be seen in freshwater lakes and billabongs in Australia. Uninterpreted records by light microscopy and electron microscopy are provided. The ciliates are identified as Stentor amethystinus Leidy, 1880. Despite the abundance of this species, this is a new record for Australia.