Trichodina ctenophorii n. sp., a novel symbiont of ctenophores of the Northern Coast of the Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 420-426

  Estes, Anne M ^a   Reynolds, Barbara S ^b   Moss, Anthony G ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Opp High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Comb jellies; Comb plate; Marine invertebrate parasites; Peritrich ciliate

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BEROE OVATA; CILIOPHORA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); INVERTEBRATA; MNEMIOPSIS; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; TRICHODINA; TRICHODINA CTENOPHORII; TRICHODINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031239650     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1997.tb05718.x     Document Type: Article

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