Asellus communis, Kane, 1965

Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura & Clamp, John C., 2016, An annotated checklist of species in the family Lagenophryidae (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea, Peritrichia), With a brief review of their taxonomy, morphology, and biogeography, Zootaxa 4132 (4), pp. 451-492 : 484

S. communis (Kane, 1965)

Lagenophrys communis Kane 1965: 109 , 117, 120, 121; Sprague & Couch 1971: 533.

Lagenophrys latispinosa Kane 1965: 109 , 118, 120, 121; Sprague & Couch 1971: 533.

Lagenophrys lawrii Kane 1965: 109 , 118, 120; Sprague & Couch 1971: 533.

Museum Depositions. USNM. 42125, 42676, 42677, 42678, 42679.

Habitat. Freshwater.

Distribution. BR: Australian.

Australia: New South Wales, Euston, Murray river (34°34'40.56"S, 142°44'47.49"E); near Newcastle, waterhole (32°56'19.32"S, 151°46'25.63"E); Wentworth, Murray river at Lock 10 (34°26'2.12"S, 142°10'48.87"E). Northern territory, Groote Eylandt ( Island in Gulf of Carpentaria, NE end of island on side of Little Lagoon (13°56'17.09"S, 136°44'40.81"E); near Darwin, stream (12°26'26.92"S, 130°52'3.73"E). Victoria, Apollo Bay; 9 mi. ESE Healesville (37°44'2.89"S, 145°38'54.87"E); Brahma Ferry (34°47'15.19"S, 138°32'38.95"E); Craigburn, Merri Creek (37°42'33.29"S, 144°58'52.11"E); dams around Melbourne, Panton Hill (37°38'43.19"S, 145°14'32.49"E); Heathcote, Hamilton (36°55'0.23"S, 144°42'29.64"E); Maryborough (37°2'49.00"S, 143°44'13.28"E); 15 mi. N Orbost (37°30'46.11"S, 148°27'10.29"E); Panton Hill (20 mi. northeast of Melbourne) (37°39'39.10"S, 145°17'29.68"E).

Hosts. Australia: Cherax albidus (gills), C. destructor (exposed surfaces of body and gills), C. quadricarinatus

(gills), Engaeus marmoratus (gills), Engaeus sp., Euastacus armatus (Clark) (gills), E. nobilis (Dana) , Synamphisopus ambiguous (Sheard) .

References. Kane 1965; Clamp 1984, 1991; Fernandez-Leborans & Tato-Porto 2000.