Taxonomic studies on three marine pleurostomatid ciliates: Kentrophyllum verrucosum (Stokes, 1893) Petz, Song et Wilbert, 1995, Epiphyllum soliforme (Fauré-Frémiet, 1908) gen. n., comb. n. and Amphileptus sikorai sp. n., with the establishment of a new genus Epiphyllum (Ciliophora: Pleurostomatida)

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-145

  Lin, Xiaofeng ^a   Song, Weibo ^a   Warren, Alan ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphileptus sikorai sp. n.; Epiphyllum gen. n.; Kentrophyllum; Marine ciliates; Morphology and infraciliature

Indexed keywords

AMPHILEPTIDAE; AMPHILEPTUS; CILIOPHORA; EPIPHYLLUM; PLEUROSTOMATIDA;

EID: 11244261677     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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