Redescriptions of two marine scuticociliates from china, with notes on stomatogenesis in Parauronema longum (Ciliophora, Scuticociliatida)

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 301-310

  Pan, Xuming ^a,b   Shao, Chen ^a   Ma, Honggang ^b   Fan, Xinpeng ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c   Al Farraj, Saleh A ^c   Hu, Xiaozhong ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Infraciliature; Marine ciliates; Morphogenesis; Parauronema; Pleuronema; Scuticociliates

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; PARAURONEMA; PARAURONEMA LONGUM; PLEURONEMA; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 84863283342     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4467/16890027AP.11.027.0064     Document Type: Article

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