Two new species of Epistylis (Ciliophora: Peritrichida) on the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) in the Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-95

  Ma, Hongwei ^a   Overstreet, Robin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliate; Epibiont; Epistylididae; Epistylis callinectes n. sp.; Epistylis clampi n. sp.; Morphology; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; SILVER; SILVER PROTEIN; STRONG SILVER PROTEIN;

CILIATE; CRAB; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PARASITOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CILIOPHORA; MEXICO; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; SEAWATER; SILVER; SILVER PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CILIOPHORA; EPISTYLIS; SCOPULA;

EID: 33644829417     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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