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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 | |
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artist: Maynard M. Metcalf (1923), after Janet W. Raff (1911)[1] | |
Scientific 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) | |
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]
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