Two new marine scuticociliates, Sathrophilus planus n. sp. and Pseudoplatynematum dengi n. sp., with improved definition of Pseudoplatynematum (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophora)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-220

  Fan, Xinpeng ^a   Chen, Xiangrui ^a   Song, Weibo ^a   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^b   Warren, Alan ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Marine ciliates; Morphology; New species; Scuticociliates; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARASITOLOGY; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; PROCEDURES;

CHINA; MICROSCOPY; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; ORGANELLES; PARASITOLOGY; SEAWATER; STAINING AND LABELING;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; SATHROPHILUS; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 77954314342     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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