Establishment of a new peritrich ciliate genus, Pseudepistylis n. gen. (Ciliophora: Peritrichia: Epistylididae), with a description of a new freshwater species, Pseudepistylis songi n. sp. from Wenzhou, China

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1524, 2007, Pages 35-45

  Peng, Xiaohui ^a   Xinlu, S H I ^a,b   Warren, Alan ^c  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colony; Infraciliature; Morphology; Myoneme; Silverline system; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; SCOPULA; SESSILIDA;

EID: 34547131068     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1524.1.3     Document Type: Article

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