Morphology and biology of a new species of Euplotes, Euplotes plicatum sp. n. (Ciliophora: Euplotidae)

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 287-294

  Valbonesi, Alessandro ^a   Apone, Fabio ^a   Luporini, Pierangelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ciliate taxonomy; Conjugation; Euplotes morphology; Mating types

Indexed keywords

EUPLOTES PLICATUM;

EID: 0031464299     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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