Updating the Trachelocercids (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea). II. Prototrachelocerca nov. gen. (Prototrachelocercidae nov. fam.), with a redescription of P. fasciolata (Sauerbrey, 1928) nov. comb. and P. caudata (Dragesco and Raikov, 1966) nov. comb.

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 336-355

  Foissner, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Evolution; Infraciliature; Prototrachelocerca nov. gen.; Prototrachelocercidae nov. fam.; Trachelocercida

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029837548     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(96)80058-7     Document Type: Article

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