Deep sea records of choanoflagellates with a description of two new species

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-106

  Nitsche, Frank ^a   Weitere, Markus ^a   Scheckenbach, Frank ^a   Hausmann, Klaus ^b   Wylezich, Claudia ^a   Arndt, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abyssal plain; Antarctica; Choanoflagellida; Deep sea; Lagenoeca antarctica; Phylogeny; Salpingoeca abyssalis; Sp. n.; SSU rDNA

Indexed keywords

CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; CODONOSIGIDAE; MONOSIGA; SALPINGOECA; SALPINGOECA INFUSIONUM; SALPINGOECIDAE;

EID: 46649110006     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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