The ultrastructure of the somatic and oral cortex of the karyorelictean ciliate Loxodes striatus

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-28

  Klindworth, Thomas ^a   Bardele, Christian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliophora; Karyorelictea; Kinetid pattern; Loxodes striatus; Oral ciliature; Somatic cortex; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030062863     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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