Morphological redescriptions of Aspidisca magna Kahl, 1932 and A. leptaspis Fresenius, 1865 (Ciliophora, Euplotida), with notes on Ontogenesis in A. magna

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 327-337

  Li, Liqiong ^a,b   Zhang, Qianqian ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c   Kwon, Choon Bong ^a   Shin, Mann Kyoon ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aspidisca; Euplotida; Morphogenesis; Morphology; Silver staining

Indexed keywords

ASPIDISCA; CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTIDA;

EID: 78649363692     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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