Ultrastructural features of the peculiar filter-feeding hypotrich ciliate Uronychia transfuga

Micron

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 399-406

  Morelli, Andrea ^a   Giambelluca, Anita ^a   Lenzi, Paola ^a   Rosati, Giovanna ^a   Verni, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Filter feeding; Hypotrichida; Oral membrane; Uronychiidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030419170     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(96)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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