A new contribution to the taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of three, well-known freshwater species of the ciliate genus Spirostomum (Protozoa: Ciliophora: Heterotrichea)

Chi, Y; Duan, LL; Luo, XT; Cheng, T; Warren, A; Huang, J; Chen, XR

Huang, J (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Aquat Biodivers & Conservat, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China.; Chen, XR (corresponding author), Ningbo Univ, Sch Marine Sci, Ningbo 315211, Zhejiang, Peoples R China.

ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 2020; 189 (1): 158

Abstract

Members of the heterotrich genus Spirostomum are commonly found in freshwater or low salinity biotopes. In the present study, three species (S. minus,......

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