Morphology and phylogeny of a new woodruffiid ciliate, Etoschophrya inornata sp. n. (Ciliophora, Colpodea, Platyophryida), with an account on evolution of platyophryids

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 400-416

  Bourland, William A ^a   Hampikian, Greg ^a   Vďačný, Peter ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; COLPODEA; CYANOBACTERIA; WOODRUFFIIDAE;

EID: 84862178017     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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