Description
Multinucleated , with a long , thin , marginal falx transverse to the antero-posterior axis of the cell. Kineti es cover the body evenly. Body shape either elongate or broad. May have a suture I in e NIDA running dorso-ventrally at the back of the cell. Mostly in Asia and in North America and unreported in Australia . Mostly in Anura but occasional records in caudate amphibia , reptiles , and one freshwater mussel. Many species , e.g. Opalina ranarum, 0. obtrigonoidea, 0. duquesnei, 0. elongata . TYPE HOST: Frogs Bezzenbergeria and Hegneriella (Opalinidae) are not regarded as valid genera (Delvinquier and Patterson, 1 993) . Corliss , J. 0 . & Balamuth , W. 1963. Consideration of the opalinids as a new superclass in th e Subphylum Sarcomastigophora . J . Protoz oal., 1 0 (Supp1.) :26 . Delvinquier, B. L. J . & Patterson , D. J . 1993. The Opalines. In : Kreier , J. P. & Baker, J. R. (ed s .) ,
Type species
Opalina ranarum (Ehrenberg , 1831) Purkinje & Valenin , 1835
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Multinucleated , with a long , thin , marginal falx transverse to the antero-posterior axis of the cell. Kineti es cover the body evenly. Body shape either elongate or broad. May have a suture I in e NIDA running dorso-ventrally at the back of the cell. Mostly in Asia and in North America and unreported in Australia . Mostly in Anura but occasional records in caudate amphibia , reptiles , and one freshwater mussel. Many species , e.g. Opalina ranarum, 0. obtrigonoidea, 0. duquesnei, 0. elongata . TYPE HOST: Frogs Bezzenbergeria and Hegneriella (Opalinidae) are not regarded as valid genera (Delvinquier and Patterson, 1 993) . Corliss , J. 0 . & Balamuth , W. 1963. Consideration of the opalinids as a new superclass in th e Subphylum Sarcomastigophora . J . Protoz oal., 1 0 (Supp1.) :26 . Delvinquier, B. L. J . & Patterson , D. J . 1993. The Opalines. In : Kreier , J. P. & Baker, J. R. (ed s .) ,