Morphology, biometry and distribution of Difflugia biwae Kawamura, 1918 (Protozoa: Rhizopoda)

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-111

  Yang, Jun ^a,b   Shen, Yunfen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biometry; Difflugia biwae; Distribution; Morphology; Testacea

Indexed keywords

CAUDATA; DIFFLUGIA; PROTOZOA; RHIZOPODA; TESTACEALOBOSIA;

EID: 17844411233     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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