Updating the Trachelocercids (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea). VI. A detailed description of Sultanophrys arabica nov. gen., nov. spec. (Sultanophryidae nov. fam.)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 146-160

  Foissner, W ^a   Al Rasheid, K A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Infraciliature; Kovalevaia; Loxodids; Mesopsammon

Indexed keywords

SULTANOPHRYS ARABICA;

EID: 0033591625     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(99)80032-7     Document Type: Article

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