A unified organization of the stichotrichine oral apparatus, including a description of the buccal seal (Ciliophora: Spirotrichea)

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Foissner, Wilhelm ^a   Al Rasheid, Kahled ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Buccal cavity; Buccal lip; Feeding; Hypotrichs; Lateral membranellar cilia; Membranellar bolsters; SEM

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; CYRTOHYMENA; EUKARYOTA; HOLOSTICHA; HYPOTRICHIA; SPIROTRICHEA; STYLONYCHIA;

EID: 33644601049     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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