New discoveries of the genus Thuricola Kent, 1881 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia, Vaginicolidae), with descriptions of three poorly known species from China

Lu, BR; Ji, DD; Sheng, YL; Song, WB; Hu, XZ; Chen, XR; Al-Rasheid, KAS

Hu, XZ (reprint author), Ocean Univ China, Minist Educ, Inst Evolut & Marine Biodivers, 5 Yushan Rd, Qingdao 266003, Peoples R China.; Hu, XZ (reprint author), Ocean Univ China, Minist Educ, Key Lab Mariculture, 5 Yushan Rd, Qingdao 266003, Peoples R Chin

ACTA PROTOZOOLOGICA, 2018; 57 (2): 123

Abstract

Members of the genus Thuricola are a highly specialized group of peritrichous ciliates possessing a protective barrel-shaped lorica. The genus present......

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