Redescriptions of three cyrtophorid ciliates from marine biofilm, with establishment of a new genus, Wilbertella nov. gen. (Ciliophora: Cyrtophorida: Lynchellidae)

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-165

  Gong, Jun ^a,b   Song, Weibo ^a,b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chlamydonella; Chlamydonellopsis; Lynchellidae; Morphology and infraciliature; Wilbertella nov. gen

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDONELLA; CHLAMYDONELLA DEROUXI; CILIOPHORA; CYRTOPHORIDA; LYNCHELLIDAE;

EID: 33646797766     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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