Evaluating molecular support for and against the monophyly of the Peritrichia and phylogenetic relationships within the Mobilida (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea)

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 213-226

  Zhan, Zifeng ^a,b   Xu, Kuidong ^a   Dunthorn, Micah ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c France   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; MOBILIDA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PERITRICHIA (CILIATES); SESSILIDA; TRICHODINA; TRICHODINELLA; URCEOLARIA (CILIATE);

EID: 84873253005     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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