Two new marine pleurostomatid ciliates from China, Loxophyllum jini and L. qiuianum (Ciliophora: Pleurostomatida)

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-157

  Lin, Xiaofeng ^a   Song, Weibo ^a   Wilbert, Norbert ^b   Warren, Alan ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

L. qiuianum sp. n.; Loxophyllum jini sp. n.; Marine ciliates; Morphology and infraciliature

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; LOXOPHYLLUM; PLEUROSTOMATIDA;

EID: 17944367777     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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