Morphological studies on some free living ciliates (Ciliophora: Heterotrichida, Hypotrichida) from marine biotopes in Qingdao, China, with descriptions of three new species: Holosticha warreni nov. spec., Tachysoma ovata nov. spec. and T. dragescoi nov. spec.

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-62

  Song, Weibo ^b   Wilbert, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Heterotrichida; Hypotrichida; Marine ciliates; Morphology; New species

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTIDAE; HETEROTRICHIDA; HOLOSTICHA; HYPOTRICHIA; OZAKI; PERITROMUS KAHLI; TACHYSOMA; TACHYSOMA OVATA;

EID: 0030997495     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(97)80020-X     Document Type: Article

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