Description of a new freshwater ciliate, Euplotes shanghaiensis nov. spec. from China (Ciliophora, Euplotidae)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 104-110

  Song, Weibo ^a   Warren, Alan ^b   Hill, Bruce F ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c Executive Leadership Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliophora; Euplotes shanghaiensis nov. spec; Infraciliature; Morphology

Indexed keywords

EUPLOTES SHANGHAIENSIS;

EID: 0032537586     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(98)80019-9     Document Type: Article

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