Establishment of a new amphileptid genus, Apoamphileptus nov. gen. (Ciliophora, Litostomatea, Pleurostomatida), with description of a new marine species, Apoamphileptus robertsi nov. spec. from Qingdao, China

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 618-625

  Lin, Xiaofeng ^a   Song, Weibo ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Ciliate; Infraciliature; Marine; Morphology; New combination; New genus; New species

Indexed keywords

SILVER PROTEIN; STRONG SILVER PROTEIN;

CILIATE; NEW SPECIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CILIOPHORA; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; SILVER PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AMPHILEPTIDAE; AMPHILEPTUS; CILIOPHORA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LITOSTOMATEA; PLEUROSTOMATIDA;

EID: 11244311778     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00595.x     Document Type: Article

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