MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 101904

Opalina virguloidea Metcalf, 1923

Paratype of Opalina virguloidea

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1943

North America: Mexico | [no specific locality data]

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

Metcalf 1923, page 203, Paratype of Opalina virguloidea Metcalf, 1923 Figure 172-175
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 Hyla eximia USNM 14601 By: Maynard M. Metcalf

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  • 3 slides; coverslips off

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005560 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Mexico
  • Locality Remarks:
  • georeferenced for terrestrial taxa from Mexico
  • Georeference:
  • 23.4640670°, -102.41406° (Error radius: 1683946m) By: Penny Benson on 2020-05-04 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1943
  • Verbatim Date:
  • September 1
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to date of publication
  • Collector:
  • Alfredo A. Duges

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  • [Masked]

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