Species Protoopalina tenuis (Raff, 1911)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Opalina tenuis Raff, J.W. 1911. Protozoa parasitic in the large intestine of Australian frogs. Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 23: 586-596.

Generic Combinations

• Protoopalina tenuis (Raff, 1911). —
  Metcalf, M.M. 1923. The opainid ciliate infusorians. United States National Museum Bulletin 120: 1-184

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Endosymbiotic (host(s): Limnodynastes peronii (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Striped Marsh Frog (intestine); Mixophyes fasciolatus Günther, 1864 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Great Barred Frog (intestines (tadpoles)); Pseudophryne bibronii Günther, 1858 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Brown Toadlet (intestines); Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758) [BUFONIDAE] Cane Toad (intestines); Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775) [ACANTHURIDAE] Dusky Surgeonfish; Limnodynastes dumerilii Peters, 1863 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Eastern Banjo Frog (intestines); Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Günther, 1858 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Spotted Grass Frog (intestines (tadpoles)); Litoria aurea (Lesson, 1829) [HYLIDAE] Green and Golden Bell Frog (syn. Hyla aurea; intestines); Litoria caerulea (White, 1790) [HYLIDAE] Green Tree Frog (syn. Hyla caerulea; intestines); Litoria verreauxii Dumeril, 1853 [HYLIDAE] Verreaux’s Tree Frog (intestines)), parasitic (host(s): Ranidella bilingua (Martin et al., 1980) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Bilingual Froglet (intestines); Crinia signifera Girard, 1853 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Common Eastern Froglet (intestines); Ranidella signifera Girard, 1853 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Common Eastern Toadlet (intestines); Ranidella parinsignifera (Main, 1957) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet (intestines); Uperoleia marmorata Gray, 1841 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Marbled Toadlet (intestines); Ranidella tasmaniensis (Günther, 1864) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Tasmanian Froglet (intestines)).

Associated Fauna References

Delvinquier, B.L.J. 1987. Opalinidae in Australian Anura. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 98: 93-122 (Ranidella bilingua; Ranidella parinsignifera; Ranidella tasmaniensis; Ranidella signifera; Uperoleia marmorata)

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. (Ranidella bilingua; Ranidella parinsignifera; Ranidella tasmaniensis; Ranidella signifera; Uperoleia marmorata)

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

Raff, J.W. 1912. Protozoa parasitic in the large intestine of Australian frogs. Part II. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 24: 343-352 (Crinia signifera)

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