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Three species of the genus Trichodina are reported from the gills of marine fishes in south-eastern Tasmania, Australia. Two of these species are new: T. australis n. sp. from five atherinid fish species, Atherinosoma microstoma, Leptatherina presbyteroides, Kestratherina brevirostris, K. esox and K. hepsetoides; and T. nesogobii n. sp. from Nesogobius sp. 1. One previously reported species, T. jadranica Raabe, 1958, was also found on Nesogobius sp. 1.
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Su, Xq., White, R.W.G. Trichodinid parasites (Ciliophora: Peritricha) from the gills of some Australian marine fishes. Syst Parasitol 32, 53–59 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009467
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