Novel Contributions to the Taxonomy of the Ciliates Genus Euplotes (Ciliophora, Euplotida): Redescription of Two Poorly Known Species, With a Brief Note on the Distributions of This Genus in Coastal Waters of Southern China

As the typical periphytic ciliate, the genus Euplotes Ehrenberg, 1830 is highly diversified and commonly observed in marine water. In this study, the living morphology, infraciliature and silverline system of two poorly known Euplotes species, E. neapolitanusWichterman, 1964 and E. antarcticusFenche...

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Main Authors: Weiwei Liu, Jiamei Jiang, Yehui Tan, Xiaofeng Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.615413/full