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Taxonomy and phylogeny of three heterotrich ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with description of a new Blepharisma species

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Yan, Ying, Fan, Yangbo, Chen, Xiangrui, Li, Lifang, Warren, Alan, Al-Farraj, Saleh A., Song, Weibo (2016): Taxonomy and phylogeny of three heterotrich ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with description of a new Blepharisma species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177 (2): 320-334, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12369, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12369

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