Protoopalina hylarum

Protoopalina hylarum
	artist: Maynard M. Metcalf (1923), after Janet W. Raff (1911)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Bigyra
Subphylum:	Opalozoa
Infraphylum:	Placidozoa
Superclass:	Opalinata
Class:	Opalinea
Order:	Opalinida
Family:	Opalinidae
Genus:	Protoopalina
Species:	P. hylarum
Binomial name
	Protoopalina hylarum; (Raff, 1911)

Last updated July 09, 2025

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]

Hosts

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]

References

1 2 Janet W. Raff (1911). "Protozoa parasitic in the large intestine of Australian frogs. Part I". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 23: 586–596. ISSN 0035-9211. Wikidata Q110946517.
1 2 "Australian Faunal Directory: Protoopalina hylarum". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
↑ Maynard M. Metcalf (1923). "The opalinid ciliate infusorians". Bulletin - United States National Museum (120): 1–484. doi:10.5479/SI.03629236.120.1. ISSN 0362-9236. Wikidata Q99640928.
↑ D Selechnik; Lee A Rollins; Gregory P. Brown; Crystal Kelehear; R Shine (29 December 2016). "The things they carried: The pathogenic effects of old and new parasites following the intercontinental invasion of the Australian cane toad (Rhinella marina)". International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 6 (3): 375–385. doi:10.1016/J.IJPPAW.2016.12.001. ISSN 2213-2244. PMC 5715224 . PMID 30951567. Wikidata Q47096136.
↑ BLJ Delvinquier; WJ Freeland (1988). "Protozoan Parasites of the Cane Toad, Bufo-Marinus, in Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology . 36 (3): 301. doi:10.1071/ZO9880301. ISSN 0004-959X. Wikidata Q99952901.

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[raff-1] 1 2 Janet W. Raff (1911). "Protozoa parasitic in the large intestine of Australian frogs. Part I". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 23: 586–596. ISSN 0035-9211. Wikidata Q110946517.

[afd-2] 1 2 "Australian Faunal Directory: Protoopalina hylarum". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[Metcalf1923-3] Maynard M. Metcalf (1923). "The opalinid ciliate infusorians". Bulletin - United States National Museum (120): 1–484. doi:10.5479/SI.03629236.120.1. ISSN 0362-9236. Wikidata Q99640928.

[SelechnikRollins2016-4] D Selechnik; Lee A Rollins; Gregory P. Brown; Crystal Kelehear; R Shine (29 December 2016). "The things they carried: The pathogenic effects of old and new parasites following the intercontinental invasion of the Australian cane toad (Rhinella marina)". International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 6 (3): 375–385. doi:10.1016/J.IJPPAW.2016.12.001. ISSN 2213-2244. PMC 5715224 . PMID 30951567. Wikidata Q47096136.

[5] BLJ Delvinquier; WJ Freeland (1988). "Protozoan Parasites of the Cane Toad, Bufo-Marinus, in Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology . 36 (3): 301. doi:10.1071/ZO9880301. ISSN 0004-959X. Wikidata Q99952901.

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