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Name - Protoopalina Metcalf 1918

Name Details

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:2182054 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Protozoa (Group)
Opalinata (Subphylum)
Protozoa (Group)
Opalinata (Subphylum)

References

Original Description Reference

  • Opalina and the origin of the Ciliate Infusoria. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 8 1918: pp. 427-431. [Zoological Record Volume 58]

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Zoological Record

Original Description Reference

  • Opalina and the origin of the Ciliate Infusoria. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 8 1918: pp. 427-431. [Zoological Record Volume 58]

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Zoological Record

Recent Publications

  • Relationships of the Opalinida with particular reference to Protoopalina (Protozoa).
  • Opalina and the origin of the Ciliate Infusoria.
  • New species of Protoopalina (Opalinida) and first record of Zelleriella hylaxena (Opalinida) in tadpoles of Boana pulchella (Anura, Hylidae) from Argentina.
  • A revised taxonomy and phylogeny of opalinids (Stramenopiles: Opalinata) inferred from the analysis of complete nuclear ribosomal DNA genes.

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