Tunicothrix rostrata n. g., n. sp., a new urostylid ciliate (Ciliophora, Stichotrichia) from the Yellow Sea

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 485-493

  Xu, Kuidong ^a   Lei, Yanli ^a,b   Choi, Joong Ki ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Erniella wilberti; Marine; Morphology; New genus; New species; Parabirojimia; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

CILIATE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CILIOPHORA; SEAWATER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

CILIOPHORA; ERNIELLA WILBERTI; ROSTRATA; STICHOTRICHIA; UROSTYLIDAE (CILIATA);

EID: 33751369524     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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