Morphological studies and molecular data on a new marine ciliate, Apokeronopsis sinica n. sp. (Ciliophora: Urostylida), from the South China Sea

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2005, 2009, Pages 57-66

  Liu, Weiwei ^a   Li, Jiqiu ^a   Gao, Shan ^b   Shao, Chen ^b   Gong, Jun ^a,c   Lin, Xiaofeng ^a   Liu, Hongbin ^d   Song, Weibo ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

18s rRNA; Clear Water Bay; Infraciliature; Key; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

BICORONA; CILIOPHORA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 64249148806     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2005.1.5     Document Type: Article

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