Redescription of the rare marine ciliate, Prodiscocephalus borrori (Wicklow, 1982) from shrimp-culturing waters near Qingdao, China, with redefinitions of the genera Discocephalus, Prodiscocephalus and Marginotricha (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida, Discocephalidae)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-146

  Lin, Xiaofeng ^a   Song, Weibo ^a   Warren, Alan ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ciliophora; Discocephalidae; Marine ciliate; Morphology and infraciliature; New combinations; Prodiscocephalus borrori

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DISCOCEPHALUS; HYPOTRICHIA; MARGINOTRICHA; MARGINOTRICHA DRAGESCOI; MARGINOTRICHA FAUREI; MARGINOTRICHA LITHOPHORA; PRODISCOCEPHALUS BORRORI; PSAMMOCEPHALUS BORRORI;

EID: 3843115365     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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