Revision of the genus Zosterodasys with description of new species (Protozoa, Ciliophora)
G. Fernandez-Leborans & I.Kh. Alekperov
Abstract. A key to and desciptions of species of Zosterodasys are given. Three new species are described: Z. cantabrica (Spain), Z. caspica (for Chilodontopsis vorax strain I of Agamaliev, 1967, Caspian Sea) and Z. fluviatilis (for Zosterodasys sp. of Aliev, 1990, Azerbaijan). Z. henarensis nom. n. is proposed for Z. derouxi Sola & al., 1990, August (non Aliev, 1990, March).
Zoosystematica Rossica, 1995, 4(1): 3–16 ▪ Published in print 29 March 1996
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