Species Protoopalina adelaidensis Metcalf, 1923

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• Protoopalina adelaidensis Metcalf, M.M. 1923. The opainid ciliate infusorians. United States National Museum Bulletin 120: 1-184.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Endosymbiotic (host(s): Litoria rheocola Liem, 1974 [HYLIDAE] Creek Frog (intestines); Mixophyes fasciolatus Günther, 1864 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Great Barred Frog (intestines); Litoria caerulea (J. White, 1790) [HYLIDAE] Green Tree Frog (syn. Hyla caerulea; intestines); Litoria lesueuri (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) [HYLIDAE] Lesueur’s Frog (syn. Hyla lesueuri; intestines); Litoria nyakalensis Liem, 1974 [HYLIDAE] Nyakala Frog (intestines); Litoria adelaidensis (J.E. Gray, 1841) [HYLIDAE] Slender Tree Frog (intestines); Litoria tyleri Martin et al., 1979 [HYLIDAE] Tyler’s Tree Frog (intestines)).

Associated Fauna References

Delvinquier, B.L.J. 1987. Opalinidae in Australian Anura. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 98: 93-122 (Litoria tyleri; Litoria nyakalensis; Litoria rheocola; Mixophyes fasciolatus; Litoria adelaidensis; Litoria lesueuri; Litoria caerulea)

Delvinquier, B.L.J. & Patterson, D.J. 1993. The opalines. pp. 247-325 in Kreier, J.P. & Baker, J.R. (eds). Parasitic Protozoa. San Diego : Academic Press Vol. 3 2. (Litoria tyleri; Litoria nyakalensis; Litoria rheocola; Mixophyes fasciolatus; Litoria adelaidensis; Litoria lesueuri; Litoria caerulea)

Metcalf, M.M. 1923. The opainid ciliate infusorians. United States National Museum Bulletin 120: 1-184 (Litoria adelaidensis)

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