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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MDPI AG
2023-05-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/5/707 |