Ciliates of the Silent Valley National Park, India: Urostyloid hypotrichs of the region with a note on the habitat

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-364

  Kumar, Santosh ^a   Kamra, Komal ^a   Sapra, Gulshan Rai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ciliated protozoa; Silent valley national park; Systematics; Urostyloidea

Indexed keywords

ANTEHOLOSTICHA; CILIOPHORA; HYPOTRICHIA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 78649345304     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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