Updating the trachelocercids (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea). I. A detailed description of the infraciliature of Trachelolophos gigas n. g., n. sp. and T. filum (Dragesco & Dragesco-Kernéis, 1986) n. comb.

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-25

  Foissner, Wilhelm ^a   Dragesco, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Interstitial fauna; Loxodidae; Oralized somatic dikinetids; Systematics; Trachelonema; Tracheloraphis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141778072     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb02467.x     Document Type: Article

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