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Taxonomy and morphology of four "ophrys-related" scuticociliates (Protista, Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia), with the description of a new genus, Paramesanophrys gen. nov.

  • 1. College of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China. & School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China. & E-mail: pppppp206@126.com & urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:B438F4F6-95CD-4E3F-BD95-527616FC27C3
  • 2. School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China. & urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:AC458497-30FF-411C-8724-D8297B3BE5EA & Corresponding authors: xpfan@bio.ecnu.edu.cn (Xinpeng Fan); lh6666@126.com (Ying Chen) & Zoology Department, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. & E-mail: salfarraj@hotmail.com & urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:BA12A34C-2A08-4493-97DA-0BCCF6B7ED36
  • 3. Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China, and Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, China. & E-mail: shangao@ouc.edu.cn & urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:527DECF1-6523-4213-B33F-1369F8602C02
  • 4. College of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China. & urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:4FB3E509-1D9C-41EA-906A-1F5BCBC6EDD6 & Corresponding authors: xpfan@bio.ecnu.edu.cn (Xinpeng Fan); lh6666@126.com (Ying Chen)

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Pan, Xuming, Fan, Xinpeng, Gao, Shan, Chen, Ying (2016): Taxonomy and morphology of four "ophrys-related" scuticociliates (Protista, Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia), with the description of a new genus, Paramesanophrys gen. nov. European Journal of Taxonomy 191: 1-18, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2016.191

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