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Protoopalina hylarum

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Protoopalina hylarum
artist: Maynard M. Metcalf (1923), after Janet W. Raff (1911)[1]
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.[2] It was first described in 1911 by Janet W. Raff as Opalina hylarum.[2][1]

Hosts

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This parasite has been found in the green and golden bell frog Litoria aurea,[3] but has also been reported in the Cane toad (Rhinella marina).[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Protoopalina hylarum". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.