Redescription of Pseudovorticella cylindrica (Dons, 1915) nov. comb. and Zoothamnium hiketes Precht, 1935, two poorly defined marine peritrichs (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) from the north China Sea

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 32, 2005, Pages 2953-2965

  Sun, Ping ^a   Song, Weibo ^a   Ji, Daode ^a   Hu, Xiaozhong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Marine ciliate; Peritrichia; Pseudovorticella cylindrica nov. comb.; Zoothamnium hiketes

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QINGDAO; SHANDONG; SOUTH CHINA SEA; WORLD;

CILIOPHORA; PENICULUS; PERITRICHIA; PSEUDOVORTICELLA; SCOPULA; VORTICELLA; ZOOTHAMNIUM;

EID: 26444562272     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930500239785     Document Type: Article

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