Diversity and endemism of ciliates inhabiting Neotropical phytotelmata

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-205

  Dunthorn, Micah ^a   Stoeck, Thorsten ^a   Wolf, Klaus ^b   Breiner, Hans Werner ^a   Foissner, Wilhelm ^c  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Bromeliads; Ciliophora; Endemic ciliates; Morphology; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; COLEPS; COLPIDIUM; EUKARYOTA; FRONTONIA; GLAUCOMA (CILIATE); NASSULA; PARAMECIUM; STYLONYCHIA; TRITHIGMOSTOMA;

EID: 84863529834     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2012.685195     Document Type: Article

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