''Protoopalina'' is a genus of
heterokont
The stramenopiles, also called heterokonts, are protists distinguished by the presence of stiff tripartite external hairs. In most species, the hairs are attached to flagella, in some they are attached to other areas of the cellular surface, an ...
s.
Examples are ''
Protoopalina intestinalis''
and ''
Protoopalina pingi''.
Species listed by the
Australian Faunal Directory are:
* ''
Protoopalina acuta'' (Raff, 1911)
* ''
Protoopalina adelaidensis'' Metcalf, 1923
* ''
Protoopalina australis'' Metcalf, 1923
* ''
Protoopalina bibronii'' Metcalf, 1940
* ''
Protoopalina dorsalis'' (Raff, 1912)
* ''
Protoopalina hylarum'' (Raff, 1911)
* ''
Protoopalina jonesi'' Delvinquier, 1987
* ''
Protoopalina papuensis'' Metcalf, 1923
* ''
Protoopalina polykineta'' Grim & Clements, 1996
* ''
Protoopalina queenslandensis'' Delvinquier, 1987
* ''
Protoopalina raffae'' Delvinquier, 1987
* ''
Protoopalina singeri'' Delvinquier, 1987
* ''
Protoopalina tenuis'' (Raff, 1911)
* ''
Protoopalina tronchini'' Delvinquier, 1987
* ''
Protoopalina waterloti'' Delvinquier, 1987
References
Placidozoa
Stramenopile genera
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