Description of Leptopharynx brasiliensis nov. spec. and Leptopharynx costatus gonohymen nov. subspec. (Ciliophora, Microthoracida)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-47

  Omar, Atef ^a,b   Foissner, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Brazil; Florida; Leptopharynx costatus costatus nov. stat.; Leptopharynx costatus complex; Neotropic region; Soil ciliates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

BRAZIL; CILIOPHORA; FLORIDA; MICROSCOPY; SOIL;

CILIOPHORA; LEPTOPHARYNX; LEPTOPHARYNX COSTATUS;

EID: 84856726558     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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