Kiitricha minuta n. sp., a Peculiar Hypotrichous Ciliate (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) from the Yellow Sea

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-206

  Xu, Kuidong ^a   Lei, Yanli ^a   Choi, Joong Ki ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Kiitricha marina; Marine ciliate; Morphology; New species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BIODIVERSITY; CILIATE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAWATER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; HYPOTRICHIA; KIITRICHA; KIITRICHA MARINA; KIITRICHIDA; SPIROTRICHEA;

EID: 43049085584     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00313.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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