Species Protoopalina bibronii Metcalf, 1940

Museums

Regional Maps

• Protoopalina bibronii Metcalf, M.M. 1940. Further studies on the opalinid ciliate infusorians and their hosts. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 87: 465-634.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Endosymbiotic (host(s): Pseudophryne bibronii Günther, 1858 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Brown Toadlet (intestines); Pseudophryne coriacea Keferstein, 1868 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Red-backed Toadlet (intestines)).

Associated Fauna References

Delvinquier, B.L.J. 1987. Opalinidae in Australian Anura. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 98: 93-122 (Pseudophryne coriacea; Pseudophryne bibronii)

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. (Pseudophryne coriacea; Pseudophryne bibronii)

Metcalf, M.M. 1940. Further studies on the opalinid ciliate infusorians and their hosts. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 87: 465-634 (Pseudophryne bibronii)

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