Description of Paramoeba atlantica n. sp. (Amoebozoa, Dactylopodida) - a Marine Amoeba from the Eastern Atlantic, with emendation of the dactylopodid families

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-253

  Kudryavtsev, Alexander ^a,b,c   Pawlowski, Jan ^b   Hausmann, Klaus ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Amoebozoa; Dactylopodida; Deep sea protists; Paramoeba atlantica n. sp.; Phylogeny; SSU rDNA; Taxonomy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (GENUS); AMOEBOZOA; DACTYLOPODIDA; KINETOPLASTIDA; NEOPARAMOEBA; PARAMOEBA; PARAMOEBA EILHARDI; PARAMOEBIDAE; PROTISTA; VEXILLIFERIDAE;

EID: 82155181725     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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