New, Little-Known and Characteristic Ciliate Species From the Apsheron Coast of the Caspian Sea

Authors: ILHAM ALEKPEROV, ESMIRA ASADULLAYEVA

Abstract: Three new, five little-known and five characteristic ciliate species are described and figured. All these species were found in the psammon and periphyton along the Apsheron coast of the Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan). The descriptions are based on the observations of living specimens and the analysis of slides impregnated with silver.

Keywords: Marine Ciliates, Psammon, Periphyton.

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