Redescription of Tintinnopsis parvula Jörgensen, 1912 (Ciliophora: spirotrichea: Tintinnina), including a novel lorica matrix

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-234

  Agatha, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Ciliary pattern; Ciliate; Lorica ultrastructure; Morphology; Neotypification; Taxonomy; Tintinnid

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; LORICA; SPIROTRICHEA; TINTINNIDA; TINTINNOPSIS; TINTINNOPSIS PARVULA;

EID: 77957294895     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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