Notes on the soil ciliate biota (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from the Shimba Hills in Kenya (Africa): Diversity and description of three new genera and ten new species

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-389

  Foissner, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; New species; Soil ciliates; Soil protozoa; Tropical Africa

Indexed keywords

AFROTHRIX DARBYSHIREI; ARCUOSPATHIDIUM MULTINUCLEATUM; BRACHYOSOMA BRACHYPODA; BRESSLAUIDES TERRICOLA; DILEPTUS SIMILIS; DREPANOMONAS EXIGUA; GIGANTOTHRIX HERZOGI; KRASSNIGGIA AUXILIARIS; OXYTRICHA AFRICANA; PARAFURGASONIA PROTECTISSIMA; PARAFURGASONIA TERRICOLA; PLAGIOCAMPA BITRICHA; SIKOROPS WORONOWICZAE;

EID: 0033061437     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008854912431     Document Type: Article

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