A redescription of the oxytrichid Tetmemena pustulata (Müller, 1786) Eigner, 1999 and notes on morphogenesis in the marine urostylid Metaurostylopsis salina Lei et al., 2005 (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 272-282

  Shao, Chen ^a   Pan, Xuming ^b   Jiang, Jiamei ^b   Ma, Honggang ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c   Warren, Alan ^d   Lin, Xiaofeng ^e  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Metaurostylopsis salina; Ontogenesis; Redescription; Taxonomy; Tetmemena pustulata

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CELL ORGANELLE; CHINA; CILIATE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMETRY; CHINA; CILIOPHORA; MICROSCOPY; ORGANELLES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CILIOPHORA; HYPOTRICHIA; OXYTRICHA; OXYTRICHIDAE; TETMEMENA PUSTULATA;

EID: 84875373259     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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