Opalina (so named by J. E. Purkinje and G. Valentin), is a genus of Protozoa found in the intestines of frogs and toads. It is without a mouth or contractile vacuole, covered with nearly equal flagelliform cilia, and possessing numerous nuclei, all similar. All the species are obligate endosymbionts, most likely commensal, improbably parasitic, in...
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<protozoa> A genus of parasitic protozoans found in the guts of frogs and toads. They look superficially like ciliates, but are classified in a separate group as they have a number of similar nuclei. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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A genus of parasitic protozoans found in the guts of frogs and toads. They look superficially like ciliates, but are classified in a separate group as they have a number of similar nuclei.
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Opalina is a member of the order of Holotricha.
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