Taxonomic and ecologic revision of urotrichs (Ciliophora, Prostomatida) with three or more caudal cilia, including a user-friendly key

Limnologica

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 311-347

  Foissner, Wilhelm ^a   Pfister, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ecology; Plankton; Protozooplankton; Revision; Taxonomy; Urotricha

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ALVEOLATA; CASTALIA; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; PROSTOMATIDA; TERRICOLA; TRISTICHA; UROTRICHA; UROTRICHA APSHERONICA; UROTRICHA MATTHESI; UROTRICHA PELAGICA; VENATRIX; UROTRICHA CASTALIA;

PLANKTON; PROTOZOOPLANKTON; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0031421078     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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