Holosticha hamulata n. sp. and Holosticha heterofoissneri Hu and Song, 2001, two urostylid ciliates (protozoa, ciliophora) from intertidal sediments of the yellow sea

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 310-318

  Lei, Yanli ^a,b   Xu, Kuidong ^c   Choi, Joong Ki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Contractile vacuole; Key to species; Korean coast; Marine; Morphology; New species; Stichotrichia; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CILIATE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SEDIMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

CILIOPHORA; HOLOSTICHA; PROTOZOA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CILIATE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOREA; PARASITOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KOREA; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE;

EID: 27244439418     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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