Two discocephalid ciliates, paradiscocephalus elongatus nov. gen., nov.spec, and discocephalus ehrenbergi dragesco, 1960, from the yellow sea, China (ciliophora, hypotrichida, discocephalidae)

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-362

  Liqiong, L I ^a   Song, Weibo ^a   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^b   Warren, Alan ^c   Roberts, David ^c   Gong, Jun ^c,d   Zhang, Qianqian ^a   Wang, Yangang ^a   Xiaozhong, H U ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hypotrichida; Infraciliature; New genus; New species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; DISCOCEPHALUS; HYPOTRICHIA; PRODISCOCEPHALUS BORRORI;

EID: 67650067053     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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