Morphology and ontogenesis of Lambornella trichoglossa nov. spec., a new tetrahymenid ciliate (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Brasilian tank bromeliads (Bromeliaceae)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-82

  Foissner, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bromeliad tanks; Lambornella trichoglossa nov. spec.; Mata Atlantica; South America; Tetrahymenida

Indexed keywords

BROMELIACEAE; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; LAMBORNELLA; LAMBORNELLA TRICHOGLOSSA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0038176114     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0932-4739-00887     Document Type: Article

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