MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 101856

Opalina gigantea Metcalf, 1923

Paratype of Opalina gigantea

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1923

North America: United States: Texas | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:101856 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Opalina gigantea Metcalf, 1923
Animalia Protozoa Opalinea Slopalinida Opalinidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Metcalf 1923, page 242, Paratype of Opalina gigantea Metcalf, 1923 Figure 217
Media type: text; Metcalf 1923 Description: The Opalinid Ciliate Infusorians;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Metcalf 1923 Description: The Opalinid Ciliate Infusorians

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Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (microscope slide) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
host Bufo compactilis USNM 26460 By: Maynard M. Metcalf

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Texas
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007826 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Texas
  • Georeference:
  • 31.3356350°, -99.689453° (Error radius: 658065m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-09-28 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1923
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to date of publication
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]

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