Observation of live specimens of Pseudotontonia cornuta (Ciliophora: Oligotrichida) reveals new distinctive characters

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 783-786

  Skovgaard, Alf ^a,b   Legrand, Catherine ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; MORPHOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CILIOPHORA; CORNUTA; OLIGOTRICHIA; PSEUDOTONTONIA; PSEUDOTONTONIA CORNUTA;

EID: 22944470196     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011707     Document Type: Article

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