Morphology and infraciliature of two new marine ciliates, Paracyrtophoron tropicum nov. gen., nov. spec. and Aegyria rostellum nov. spec. (Ciliophora, Cyrtophorida), isolated from tropical waters in southern China

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-72

  Chen, Xiangrui ^a,b   Hu, Xiaozhong ^b   Gong, Jun ^c   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^d   Al Farraj, Saleh A ^d   Song, Weibo ^b  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aegyria; Marine ciliates; Morphology; New species; Paracyrtophoron

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; TROPIC CLIMATE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHINA; CILIA; CILIOPHORA; MICROSCOPY; SEAWATER; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CHLAMYDODON; CILIOPHORA; CYRTOPHORIDA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84856734458     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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