Choanoflagellates (Acanthoecidae, Choanoflagellida) from the Weddell sea, Antarctica, taxonomy and community structure with particular emphasis on the ice biota; with preliminary remarks on Choanoflagellates from Arctic sea ice (Northeast Water Polynya, Greenland)

Archiv fur Protistenkunde

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 77-114

  Thomsen, H A ^a   Garrison, D L ^a   Kosman, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acanthoecidae; Antarctic; Choanoflagellates; Ice biota; New taxa; Taxonomy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCORBIS; ACANTHOECIDAE; ANKYRA; APHELOECION; CALLIACANTHA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; DIAPHANOECA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PARVICORBICULA;

EID: 0030875227     PISSN: 00039365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9365(97)80038-3     Document Type: Article

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