Engulfment of Ceratium spp. (Dinophyceae) by the thecate photosynthetic dinoflagellate Fragilidium subglobosum

Phycologia

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 490-499

  Skovgaard, Alf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIESMA; CERATIUM; DINOPHYCEAE; FRAGILIDIUM SUBGLOBOSUM; HELGOLANDINIUM SUBGLOBOSUM; TRIXIS;

EID: 0000166624     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-35-6-490.1     Document Type: Article

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