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Five New Spathidiids (Ciliophora: Bromeliads Haptoria) from Caribbean Tank

  • 1. Universität Salzburg, FB Organismische Biologie, Salzburg, Austria;
  • 2. University of the West Indies, Electron Microscopy Unit, Kingston, Jamaica;

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Foissner, Wilhelm, Wolf, Klaus W., Kumar, Santosh, Quintela-Alonso, Kuidong Xu and Pablo (2014): Five New Spathidiids (Ciliophora: Bromeliads Haptoria) from Caribbean Tank. Acta Protozoologica 53 (2): 159-194, DOI: 10.4467/16890027AP.14.015.1596

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