First record of Epistylis plicatilis (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) attached to Pomace a canaliculata (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Southern Brazil

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1454, 2007, Pages 49-57

  Utz, Laura R P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ciliate; Epibiosis; Epistylis; Gastropod; Peritrichs

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; EPISTYLIS; EPISTYLIS PLICATILIS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PERITRICHIA (CILIATES); POMACEA;

EID: 34247869783     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1454.1.4     Document Type: Article

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