Morphology and infraciliature of two new species of marine oligotrich ciliates (Ciliophora: Oligotrichida) from China

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 40, Issue 21-22, 2006, Pages 1287-1299

  Xu, Dapeng ^a   Song, Weibo ^a   Warren, Alan ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Marine ciliate; Oligotrichida; Parallelostrombidium paralatum nov. sp.; Strombidium montagnesi nov. sp.

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGDAO; SHANDONG;

CILIOPHORA; HEMITHECA; OLIGOTRICHIA; PARALLELOSTROMBIDIUM; STROMBIDIUM;

EID: 33750348976     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930600913925     Document Type: Article

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