Redescriptions of two marine planktonic ciliates from China, Parastrombidium faurei (Kahl, 1932) Maeda, 1986 and Strombidium capitatum (Leegaard, 1915) Kahl, 1932 (Ciliophora, Oligotrichea)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-35

  Xu, Dapeng ^a   Song, Weibo ^a   Warren, Alan ^b   Roberts, Dave ^b   Hu, Xiaozhong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choreotrichida; Morphology; Oligotrichida; Silverstain; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CHOREOTRICHIDA; CILIOPHORA; OLIGOTRICHIA; STROMBIDINOPSIDAE; STROMBIDIUM CAPITATUM;

EID: 33845969879     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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