Protoopalina hylarum

Species of single-celled organism

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]

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)

Hosts

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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  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 "Australian Faunal Directory: Protoopalina hylarum". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
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