Morphology and infraciliature of a new marine ciliate Euplotidium smalli n. sp. with description of a new genus, Paraeuplotidium n. g. (Ciliophora, Euplotida)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 402-406

  Lei, Yanli ^a   Choi, Joong Ki ^a   Xu, Kuidong ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coastal ciliate; Diagnosis; Hypotrichia; New combination; P. helgae; P. itoi; P. prosaltans; P. psammophilus; Paraeuplotidium arenarium; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CILIATE;

CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTIDA; EUPLOTIDIUM; EUPLOTIDIUM AGITATUM; EUPLOTIDIUM SMALLI; GASTROCIRRHIDAE; HYPOTRICHIA; PARAEUPLOTIDIUM; PARAEUPLOTIDIUM ARENARIUM; PARAEUPLOTIDIUM HELGAE; PARAEUPLOTIDIUM ITOI; PARAEUPLOTIDIUM PROSALTANS; PARAEUPLOTIDIUM PSAMMOPHILUS;

EID: 0036709806     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2002.tb00219.x     Document Type: Article

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