Genus Opalina Purkinje & Valentin, 1835

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• Opalina Purkinje, J.E. & Valentin, G. 1835. De phaenomeno generali et fundamentali motus vibratorii continui in membranis cum externis tum internis animalium plurimorum et superiorum et inferiorum ordinum obvii : commentatio physiologica. Wratislaviae : Sumptibus Aug. Schulz et Socii. [48].

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from most Australian states.

Ecological Descriptors

Endosymbiotic (host(s): Limnodynastes dorsalis (Gray, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Western Banjo Frog, Pobblebonk (intestine); Limnodynastes peronii (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Striped Marsh Frog (intestine); Litoria aurea (Lesson, 1829) [HYLIDAE] Green and Golden Bell Frog (syn. Hyla aurea; rectum, intestines); Litoria caerulea (White, 1790) [HYLIDAE] Green Tree Frog (syn. Hyla caerulea; intestines); Litoria dorsalis Macleay, 1877 [HYLIDAE] Dwarf Rocket Frog (intestines); Litoria peronii (Tschudi, 1838) [HYLIDAE] Peron’s Tree Frog (syn. Hyla peronii; intestines)).

General References

Cleland, J.B. & Johnston, T.H. 1910. The haematozoa of Australian batrachians. No. 1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 44: 252-261

Cleland, J.B. & Johnston, T.H. 1912. Species of haemoprotozoa met with during 1910 and 1911. Report of the Government Bureau of Microbiology 1912: 74-83

Horning, E.S. 1925. The mitochondria of a protozoan (Opalina) and their behaviour during the life cycle. Australian Journal of Experimantal Biology and Medical Science 2: 167-171

Johnston, T.H. 1916. A census of the endoparasites recorded as occurring in Queensland, arranged under their hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 28: 31-79

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