Description of a mirror-image doublet from a Brazilian strain of Gastrostyla setifera (Engelmann, 1862) Kent, 1882 (Ciliophora: Stichotrichia)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 179-184

  Dias, Roberto Júnio Pedroso ^a   da Silva Paiva, Thiago ^b   da Silva Neto, Inácio Domingos ^b   D'Agosto, Marta ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allomorphism; Ciliate; Doublet; Gastrostylidae; South America; Stylonychinae

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; GASTROSTYLA SETIFERA; STICHOTRICHIA;

EID: 34547106610     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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