The morphology and morphogenesis of a marine ciliate, Epiclintes auricularis rarisetus nov. sspec. (Ciliophora, Epiclintidae), from the Yellow Sea

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 281-291

  Hu, Xiaozhong ^a   Fan, Xinpeng ^a   Lin, Xiaofeng ^b   Gong, Jun ^b   Song, Weibo ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epiclintes auricularis auricularis nov. stat.; Epiclintids; Morphogenesis; Morphology; New subspecies; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHINA; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CILIOPHORA; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; ORGANELLES; SEAWATER; STAINING AND LABELING;

CILIOPHORA; EPICLINTES;

EID: 70649100646     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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