Morphology, morphogenesis, and molecular phylogeny of a new marine urostylid ciliate (Ciliophora, Stichotrichia) from the South China Sea, and a brief overview of the convergent evolution of the midventral pattern within the Spirotrichea
Author
Liu, Weiwei
Author
Shao, Chen
Author
Gong, Jun
Author
Li, Jiqiu
Author
Lin, Xiaofeng
Author
Song, Weibo
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2010
2010-04-30
158
4
697
710
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00565.x
journal article
276487
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00565.x
e2525018-bff7-4f50-9024-ad97177b735c
0024-4082
5438412
BERGERIELLIDAE
FAM. NOV.
Diagnosis:
Urostylids with a specific ventral cirral field that consists of enlarged postoral cirri and delicate left ventral cirri, both of which are derived from the left part of the midventral streaks during morphogenesis; one marginal row on each side; nonmigratory row present.
Type
genus:
Bergeriella
gen. nov.
Etymology:
The new family name is derived from the
type
genus
Bergeriella
.