Morphological description of three marine ciliates (Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia), with establishment of a new genus and two new species

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 186-196

  Fan, Xinpeng ^a   Hu, Xiaozhong ^a,b   Al Farraj, Saleh A ^c   Clamp, John C ^d   Song, Weibo ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cristigera; Cyclidium; Falcicyclidium; Infraciliature; New taxa; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; SILVER PROTEIN; STRONG SILVER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SILVER STAINING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CILIA; CILIOPHORA; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; SEAWATER; SILVER PROTEINS; SILVER STAINING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

ATRACTODES; CILIOPHORA; CRISTIGERA; CRISTIGERA MEDIA; CYCLIDIUM; EUKARYOTA; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 79958245605     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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