Redescriptions of two marine hypotrichous ciliates, Diophrys irmgard and D. hystrix (Ciliophora, Euplotida), with a brief revision of the genus Diophrys

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-296

  Song, Weibo ^a   Wilbert, Norbert ^b   Al Rasheid, Kahled ^c   Warren, Alan ^d   Shao, Chen ^a   Long, Hongan ^a   Yi, Zhenzhen ^a   Li, Liqiong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Zoologisches Institut   (Germany)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diophrys; Marine ciliates; Morphospecies; New definition

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

CILIATE; COASTAL WATER; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHINA; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CILIOPHORA; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

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

CILIOPHORA; DIOPHRYS; DUJARDIN; EUPLOTIDA; SCUTUM;

EID: 34249944053     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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