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Protoopalina hylarum

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Species of single-celled organism

Protoopalina hylarum
artist: Maynard M. Metcalf (1923), after Janet W. Raff (1911)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Bigyra
Class: Opalinea
Order: Opalinida
Family: Opalinidae
Genus: Protoopalina
Species: P. hylarum
Binomial name
Protoopalina hylarum
(Raff, 1911)

Protoopalina hylarum is a species of protozoa in the Opalinidae family, and an amphibian parasite. It was first described in 1911 by Janet W. Raff as Opalina hylarum.

Hosts

This parasite has been found in the green and golden bell frog Litoria aurea, but has also been reported in the Cane toad (Rhinella marina).

References

  1. ^ Janet W. Raff (1911). "Protozoa parasitic in the large intestine of Australian frogs. Part I". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 23: 586–596. ISSN 0035-9211. Wikidata Q110946517.
  2. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Protoopalina hylarum". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  3. ^ Maynard M. Metcalf (1923). "The opalinid ciliate infusorians". Bulletin - United States National Museum (120): 1–484. doi:10.5479/SI.03629236.120.1. ISSN 0362-9236. Wikidata Q99640928.
  4. ^ D Selechnik; Lee A Rollins; Gregory P. Brown; Crystal Kelehear; R Shine (29 December 2016). "The things they carried: The pathogenic effects of old and new parasites following the intercontinental invasion of the Australian cane toad (Rhinella marina)". International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 6 (3): 375–385. doi:10.1016/J.IJPPAW.2016.12.001. ISSN 2213-2244. PMC 5715224. PMID 30951567. Wikidata Q47096136.
  5. BLJ Delvinquier; WJ Freeland (1988). "Protozoan Parasites of the Cane Toad, Bufo-Marinus, in Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology. 36 (3): 301. doi:10.1071/ZO9880301. ISSN 0004-959X. Wikidata Q99952901.
Taxon identifiers
Protoopalina hylarum
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