Morphogenesis of the marine spirotrichous ciliate, Trachelostyla pediculiformis (Cohn, 1866) Borror, 1972 (Ciliophora, Stichotrichia), with consideration of its phylogenetic position

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-264

  Shao, Chen ^a   Song, Weibo ^a,b   Yi, Zhenzhen ^a   Gong, Jun ^b   Li, Jiqiu ^b   Lin, Xiaofeng ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Marine ciliate; Ontogenesis; Phylogeny; SSrRNA gene sequences; Stichotrichia; Trachelostyla pediculiformis

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; OXYTRICHA; OXYTRICHIDAE; STICHOTRICHIA; TRACHELOSTYLA; TRACHELOSTYLA PEDICULIFORMIS; TRACHELOSTYLIDAE;

EID: 35148857640     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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