Spathidium seppelti foissneri nov. subspec., Spathidium simplinucleatum nov. stat., and Dileptus americanus Kahl, 1931, one new and two poorly known soil gymnostome ciliates from soils of Slovakia

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-189

  Vd'ačný, Peter ^a   Hlúbiková, Daša ^b   Tirjaková, Eva ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Gymnostome ciliates; Infraciliature; Morphology; Slovakia; Soil ciliates; Spathidium seppelti foissneri nov. subspec

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; DILEPTUS AMERICANUS; SPATHIDIUM;

EID: 33748306374     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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