THE SALIENT FEATURES OF 5 MARINE CILIATES IN THE CLASS SPIROTRICHEA (OLIGOTRICHIA), WITH NOTES ON THEIR CULTURING AND BEHAVIOR

Citation
Djs. Montagnes et Fjr. Taylor, THE SALIENT FEATURES OF 5 MARINE CILIATES IN THE CLASS SPIROTRICHEA (OLIGOTRICHIA), WITH NOTES ON THEIR CULTURING AND BEHAVIOR, The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology, 41(6), 1994, pp. 569-586
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,Microbiology
ISSN journal
10665234
Volume
41
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
569 - 586
Database
ISI
SICI code
1066-5234(1994)41:6<569:TSFO5M>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Descriptive information is provided for five ciliates collected from m arine coastal British Columbian surface waters. In this paper we ident ify three new species, Strobilidium neptuni n. sp., Strobilidium venil iae n. sp., and Strombidinopsis multiauris n. sp.; provide a new name and description for one previously described species, Strombidium sicu lum nom. nov. and provide more taxonomic data for Strombidinopsis ches hiri Snyder and Ohman, 1991.