A new protozoan of the genus Cothurnia (Ciliophora, Peritrichia), epibiont on the marine tanaid Halmyrapseudes spaansi (Crustacea Peracarida) from the French Guiana (SE America)

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Volumn 242, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-275

  Fernandez Leborans, Gregorio ^a   Sorbe, Jean Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cothurnia; Crustacean protozoan epibiosis; Halmyrapseudes spaansi; Peritrich ciliates; Tanaid crustaceans

Indexed keywords

NEW GENUS;

CILIOPHORA; COTHURNIA; CRUSTACEA; HALMYRAPSEUDES; HALMYRAPSEUDES SPAANSI; LORICA; PERACARIDA; PERITRICHIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0346957403     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00103     Document Type: Article

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