Molecular phylogeny of three ambiguous ciliate genera: Kentrophoros, Trachelolophos and Trachelotractus (Alveolata, Ciliophora)

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-313

  Gao, Shan ^a   Strüder Kypke, Michaela C ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c   Lin, Xiaofeng ^d   Song, Weibo ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLATA; CILIOPHORA; GELEIA; HAPTORIDA; HETEROTRICHEA; KARYORELICTEA; KENTROPHOROS; LITOSTOMATEA; LOXODIDA; PARDUCZIA ORBIS; TRACHELOCERCA; TRACHELOCERCIDAE; TRACHELORAPHIS;

EID: 77953141812     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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