New records of interstitial ciliates (protozoa ciliophora) from the saudi coasts of the red sea

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 133-156

  Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Infraciliature; Marine ciliates; Morphology; Red Sea; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035737788     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2001.10531148     Document Type: Article

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