Redescription of morphology and morphogenesis of the freshwater ciliate, Pseudokeronopsis similis (Stokes, 1886) Borror et Wicklow, 1983 (Ciliophora: Urostylida)

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-54

  Shi, Xinlu ^a,b   Hu, Xiaozhong ^c   Warren, Alan ^d   Liu, Guijie ^a  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infraciliature; Pseudokeronopsis elongata nov. comb.; Stichotrich; Stomatogenesis; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; KERONOPSIS; PSEUDOKERONOPSIS;

EID: 34547403065     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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