MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 101843

Opalina camerunensis Metcalf, 1923

Paratype of Opalina camerunensis

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1923

Africa: Cameroon | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:101843 JSON-LD

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

Metcalf 1923, page 237, Paratype of Opalina camerunensis Metcalf, 1923 Figure 212
Delvinquier et al. 1991, page 131, Additional Material of Opalina camerunensis Metcalf, 1923 No specimen was found because the mounting medium is cracked and dry and the coverslip was detached from the slide
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 Hylambates rufus USNM 48850 By: Maynard M. Metcalf

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Cameroon
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000153 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:
  • Cameroon
  • Georeference:
  • 7.13506100°, 13.0546870° (Error radius: 708218m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-08-04 (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:
  • Thomas Barbourlinked data icon

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