Comparison and redefinition of four marine, coloured Pseudokeronopsis spp. (Ciliophora: Hypotrichida), with emphasis on their living morphology

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-287

  Song, Weibo ^a   Warren, Alan ^b   Roberts, Dave ^b   Wilbert, Norbert ^c   Li, Lifang ^a   Sun, Ping ^a   Hu, Xiaozhong ^a   Ma, Honggang ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coloured Pseudokeronopsis; Marine ciliates; Species separation

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; HYPOTRICHIA; PSEUDOKERONOPSIS; PSEUDOKERONOPSIS FLAVA; PSEUDOKERONOPSIS PARARUBRA; PSEUDOKERONOPSIS RUBRA;

EID: 33748350727     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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