A redescription of Rhabdamoeba marina, an inconspicuous marine amoeba from benthic sediments

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 261-270

  Rogerson, Andrew ^a   Hannah, Fiona J ^c   Anderson, O Roger ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Flagellated buds; Flagellates; Naked amoebae; Taxonomy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA; TUBULOCRISTATA;

EID: 0032217826     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3227028     Document Type: Article

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