Genetic identities of cryptic species in the strombidium styliferapolatumoculatum cluster, including a description of strombidium rassoulzadegani n. sp.

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 369-378

  McManus, George B ^a   Xu, Dapeng ^b   Costas, Barbara A ^a   Katz, Laura A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; ciliate; mixotrophy; new species; oligotrich; tidepool

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; SEA WATER;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CILIATE; COEXISTENCE; CRYPSIS; FEEDING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NICHE PARTITIONING; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; ROCK POOL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

CILIOPHORA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CILIOPHORA; STROMBIDIIDAE; STROMBIDIUM; STROMBIDIUM APOLATUM;

EID: 77954613883     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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