A light and scanning electron microscopic study of the closing apparatus in tintinnid ciliates (Ciliophora, Spirotricha, Tintinnina): A forgotten synapomorphy

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 297-307

  Agatha, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Classification; lorica sac; marine protists; morphology; phylogeny; plankton; taxonomy; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; HOMOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CILIOPHORA; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

CILIOPHORA; CODONELLA; CODONELLIDAE; CODONELLOPSIDAE; CODONELLOPSIS; DICTYOCYSTA; DICTYOCYSTIDAE; LORICA; PROTISTA; SALPINGACANTHA; SALPINGELLA; SPIROTRICHEA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 77954567153     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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