On two marine oligotrich ciliates, Spirostrombidium agathae n. sp. and S. schizostomum (Kahl, 1932) n. comb. from China, with a key to the identification of seven well-characterized Spirostrombidium spp. (Ciliophora: Oligotrichida)

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 433-442

  Xu, Dapeng ^a   Song, Weibo ^a,b   Lin, Xiaofeng ^b   Warren, Alan ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infraciliature; Morphology; S. schizostomum n. comb.; Spirostrombidium agathae n. sp.; Strombidiidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; OLIGOTRICHIA; SPIROSTROMBIDIUM; STROMBIDIIDAE; STROMBIDIUM;

EID: 33845511802     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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