Soil ciliates from saudi arabia, including descriptions of two new genera and six new species

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-352

  Foissner, Wilhelm ^a   Quintela Alonso, Pablo ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biodiversity; Metauroleptus nov. Gen; Protozoa; Pseudohemisincirra nov. Gen; Resting cysts; Sand dunes; Tenerife

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; ENCHELYODON; HYPOTRICHIA; METAZOA; MONOSTYLA; OXYTRICHA; PROTOZOA; SPATHIDIUM; TERRICOLA;

EID: 67650096787     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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