Redescription and neotypification of Amphileptus marinus (Kahl, 1931) nov. comb. (Ciliophora, Pleurostomatida), and reactivation of A. parafusidens Song & Wilbert, 1989

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Song, Weibo ^a   Wilbert, Norbert ^b   Hu, Xiaozhong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. parafusidens; Amphileptus marinus nov. comb.; Marine ciliates; redescription

Indexed keywords

AMPHILEPTUS; AMPHILEPTUS MARINUS; AMPHILEPTUS PARAFUSIDENS; AMPHILEPTUS PUNCTATUS; CILIOPHORA; HEMIOPHRYS; LIONOTUS PUNCTATUS; PLEUROSTOMATIDA;

EID: 3042689032     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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