Morphology and ontogenesis of Platyophrya bromelicola nov. spec., a new macrostome-forming colpodid (Protists, Ciliophora) from tank bromeliads of Jamaica

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-97

  Foissner, Wilhelm ^a   Wolf, Klaus W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Bromeliaceae; Colpodea; Hapantotypes; International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BROMELIACEAE; CILIATE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JAMAICA; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BROMELIACEAE; CILIOPHORA; JAMAICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BROMELIACEAE; BRYOPHYTA; CERTHIIDAE; CILIOPHORA; COLPODEA; COLPODIDA; PLATYOPHRYA; PLATYOPHRYA VORAX; PROTISTA;

EID: 67349144041     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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