Document of bibliographic reference 300784

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Bibliographic resource

Type of document

Journal article

BibLvlCode

AS

Title

Species check-list for Tintinnids of the Philippines Archipelago (Protozoa, Ciliophora)

Abstract

Tintinnids are an essential link between nano- and macro- planktons in the food webs of the marine environment. It is also known that tintinnids are one of themajor components of marine planktonic ciliates and has a cosmopolitan character. In the Philippine archipelago, which is recognized as a center of marine biodiversity, tintinnids checklist has not been done or published. Therefore, a checklist is presented in this study based on a compilation of previous tintinnids studies conducted at the Philippines waters. As a result of the studies done since 1941 up to present, a total of 114 taxa belonging to 14 families and 37 genera were listed. The Philippines coastal waters record a total of 50 species while the open seas document 72 species to date.

WebOfScience code

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000437935900001

Bibliographic citation

Santiago, J.A.; Lagman, M.C. (2018). Species check-list for Tintinnids of the Philippines Archipelago (Protozoa, Ciliophora). ZooKeys 771: 1-14. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.771.24806

Topic

Marine

Is peer reviewed

true

Access rights

open access

Is accessible for free

true