Rediscovery of Remarkably Rare Anaerobic Tentaculiferous Ciliate Genera <i>Legendrea</i> and <i>Dactylochlamys</i> (Ciliophora: Litostomatea)

Free-living anaerobic ciliates are of considerable interest from an ecological and an evolutionary standpoint. Extraordinary tentacle-bearing predatory lineages have evolved independently several times within the phylum Ciliophora, including two rarely encountered anaerobic litostomatean genera, <...

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Main Authors: Ondřej Pomahač, Daniel Méndez-Sánchez, Kateřina Poláková, Michael Müller, Michel-Marie Solito, William A. Bourland, Ivan Čepička
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-05-01
Series:Biology
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/5/707