Morphological and molecular characterization of Euplotes encysticus (Protozoa: Ciliophora: Euplotida)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1411-1416

  Fan, Xinpeng ^a,b   Huang, Jie ^b   Lin, Xiaofeng ^a   Li, Jiqiu ^a   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c   Hu, Xiaozhong ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Daya Bay; Euplotes muscorum; infraciliature; South China Sea; SSr RNA

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BRACKISH WATER; CILIATE; ENCYSTMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY;

CHINA; DAYA BAY; GUANGDONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTIDA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77958485929     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531541000038X     Document Type: Article

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