Descriptions of two new marine species of Pleuronema, P. czapikae sp. n. and P. wiackowskii sp. n. (Ciliophora: Scuticociliatida), from the Yellow Sea, North China

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-45

  Wang, Yangang ^a   Song, Weibo ^a   Hu, Xiaozhong ^a   Warren, Alan ^b   Chen, Xumiao ^a   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Marine ciliates; Morphology and taxonomy; New species; Scuticociliates

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; PLEURONEMA; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 58149504569     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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