Diversity in freshwater scuticociliates (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia): Two new species isolated from a wetland in northern China, focusing on their morphology, taxonomy, and molecular phylogeny, with establishment of a new family Glauconematidae fam. nov.

In the aquatic microbial food web, scuticociliates are diverse and predominant in almost all kinds of biotopes while extremely confused regarding their taxonomy and systematic relationships within the subclass Scuticociliatia. Here we provide detailed descriptions of two new and one known species, G...

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Main Authors: Tao Li, Mingjian Liu, Jiachen Zhang, Khaled A.S. Al-Rasheid, Zigui Chen, Weibo Song, Hunter N. Hines, Zhe Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. 2024-07-01
Series:Water Biology and Security
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772735124000362