Descriptions of two new marine scuticociliates, Pleuronema sinica n. sp. and P. wilberti n. sp. (Ciliophora: Scuticociliatida), from the Yellow Sea, China

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-37

  Wang, Yangang ^a   Song, Weibo ^a   Warren, Alan ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c   Al Quraishy, Saleh A ^c   Al Farraj, Saleh A ^c   Hu, Xiaozhong ^a   Pan, Hongbo ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Identification key; Interstitial ciliates; Morphology; Pleuronematidae; Silverstain; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SEA; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; OCEANS AND SEAS; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; SEAWATER; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; PLEURONEMA; PLEURONEMATIDAE; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 58149513106     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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