Morphology and Molecular Phylogeny of Four Trachelocercid Ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Karyorelictea) Found in Marine Coastal Habitats of Northern China, With Description of a New Genus, Two New Species and a New Combination

• Mingzhen Ma,
• Yuqing Li,
• Honggang Ma,
• Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid,
• Alan Warren,
• Yurui Wang,
• Ying Yan

Affiliations

Mingzhen Ma

Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Yuqing Li

Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Honggang Ma

Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid

Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Alan Warren

Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Yurui Wang

Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Ying Yan

Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China