Morphology, morphogenesis, and molecular phylogeny of a new marine urostylid ciliate (Ciliophora, Stichotrichia) from the South China Sea, and a brief overview of the convergent evolution of the midventral pattern within the Spirotrichea

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 697-710

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

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Bergeriella ovata; Bergeriellidae; Hypotrichida; New family; New genus; New species; Systematics; Taxonomy; Urostylids

Indexed keywords

BERGERIELLA; CILIOPHORA; HOLOSTICHIDAE; HYPOTRICHIA; PATTERSONIELLA; SPIROTRICHEA; STICHOTRICHIA;

EID: 77952913476     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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