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2015

Correspondence
Zootaxa 4052 (5): 577–582 (7 Dec. 2015)
The effect of acid drinking water on rumen protozoa in the blesbok (Damaliscus dorcas phillipsi)
D. G. BOOYSE, B. A. DEHORITY & J. G. MYBURGH
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Article
Zootaxa 4052 (4): 401–441 (4 Dec. 2015)
SEM study of species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Kirchenpaueriidae), with an annotated checklist of the species of the genus
A. GONZÁLEZ MOLINERO & A.L. PEŃA CANTERO
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Article
Zootaxa 4052 (2): 215–225 (2 Dec. 2015)
Margelopsis gibbesii (McCrady, 1859) (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): taxonomic review, and conservation of usage by designation of a lectotype
DALE R. CALDER & WILLIAM S. JOHNSON
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4048 (3): 433–435 (26 Nov. 2015)
The potential of type species to destabilise the taxonomy of zooxanthellate Scleractinia
J.E.N. VERON
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Article
Zootaxa 4040 (4): 543–558 (13 Nov. 2015)
A taxonomic revision of order Pilisuctorida (Ciliophora, Apostomatia) with keys to the subordinate taxa
IGOR DOVGAL & ROSAURA MAYÉN-ESTRADA
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4040 (4): 483–488 (12 Nov. 2015)
Epistylis smalli (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) a new peritrich from Guaiba Lake, Southern Brazil
LAURA R. P. UTZ, MARIANA SILVA DOS SANTOS & GABRIELLA OLIVEIRA DE ARAUJO
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4034 (2): 399–400 (29 Oct. 2015)
Chekhovichia, a new generic replacement name for Rotalites Leleshus 1970 (Anthozoa: Heliolitoidea) non Lamarck 1801 (Protista: Foraminifera)
ALEXANDER B. DOWELD
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Article
Zootaxa 4034 (2): 342–350 (29 Oct. 2015)
Trypanosoma naviformis sp. nov. (Kinetoplastidae: Trypanosomatidae) from widespread African songbirds, the Olive sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea) and Yellow-whiskered greenbul (Andropadus latirostris)
RAVINDER N. M. SEHGAL, TATJANA A. IEZHOVA, TIMOTHY MARZEC & GEDIMINAS VALKIŪNAS
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4034 (1): 193–196 (28 Oct. 2015)
A new species of Isospora Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeiriidae) from the grey-hooded attila Attila rufus Vieillot, 1819 (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae) on the Marambaia island, Brazil
MARIANA BORGES RODRIGUES, LIDIANE MARIA DA SILVA, BRUNO DO BOMFIM LOPES, BRUNO PEREIRA BERTO, HERMES RIBEIRO LUZ, ILDEMAR FERREIRA & CARLOS WILSON GOMES LOPES
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Article
Zootaxa 4033 (4): 584–592 (27 Oct. 2015)
Description and phylogeny of a new prostomatid, Metacystis similis nov. spec. (Protista,
Ciliophora) from the East China Sea
XIUMEI ZHANG, DAODE JI, QIANQIAN ZHANG & CHENGHUA LI
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4028 (4): 577–578 (12 Oct. 2015)
Kassinasma, a new generic replacement name for Kassinella Keller 1970 (Anthozoa: Streptelasmatida) non Borissiak 1956 (Brachiopoda: Strophomenacea)
ALEXANDER B. DOWELD
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Article
Zootaxa 4013 (1): 111–119 (7 Sept. 2015)
Two new acoels (Acoelomorpha) of the genus Haplogonaria from the northwest Atlantic
MATTHEW D. HOOGE & SETH TYLER
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Article
Zootaxa 4000 (4): 451–463 (18 Aug. 2015)
Phylogenetic positions of four hypotrichous ciliates (Protista, Ciliophora) based on SSU rRNA gene, with notes on their morphological characters
CAITING YANG, AN LIU, YUSEN XU, YUAN XU, XINPENG FAN, SALEH A. AL-FARRAJ, BING NI & FUKANG GU
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Article
Zootaxa 3999 (3): 301–333 (11 Aug. 2015)
An evaluated list of Cenozic-Recent radiolarian species names (Polycystinea), based on those used in the DSDP, ODP and IODP deep-sea drilling programs
DAVID LAZARUS, NORITOSHI SUZUKI, JEAN-PIERRE CAULET, CATHERINE NIGRINI,
IRINA GOLL, ROBERT GOLL, JANE K. DOLVEN, PATRICK DIVER & ANNIKA SANFILIPPO
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Article
Zootaxa 3972 (2): 148–180 (11 Jun. 2015)
The hydrozoan fauna (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the peaks of the Ormonde and Gettysburg seamounts (Gorringe Bank, NE Atlantic)
CARLOS J. MOURA
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Article
Zootaxa 3964 (2): 245–259 (2 Jun. 2015)
Flexammina islandica gen. nov. sp. nov. and some new phylotypes of monothalamous foraminifera from the coast of Iceland
IVAN VOLTSKI & JAN PAWLOWSKI
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Article
Zootaxa 3920 (2): 343–365 (20 Feb. 2015)
Checklist and distribution of ciliates from the family Euplotidae Ehrenberg, 1838 (Protista: Ciliophora: Spirotrichea) in Slovakia, Central Europe
EVA TIRJAKOVÁ, SIMONA BOTLÍKOVÁ & PETER VĎAČNÝ
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2014

Article
Zootaxa 3887 (2): 157–190 (24 Nov. 2014)
New observations on Myxozoa of the goldline sea bream Sarpa salpa L. 1758 (Teleostei : Sparidae) from the Mediterranean coast of Tunisia
SAYEF LAAMIRI
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Article
Zootaxa 3869 (5): 557–564 (3 Oct. 2014)
Description of Epistylis riograndensis n.sp. (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) found in an artificial lake in Southern Brazil
LAURA R. P. UTZ, ANA CAROLINA SILVA RODRIGUES FARIAS, EDUARDA CORREA FREITAS & GABRIELLA OLIVEIRA DE ARAÚJO
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Article
Zootaxa 3846 (1): 138–144 (31 Jul. 2014)
Rumen ciliates in the African (Cape) buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) living in the vicinity of the Orpen Gate entrance into Kruger National Park, South Africa
DIRK G. BOOYSE, BURK A. DEHORITY & BJÖRN REININGHAUS
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Article
Zootaxa 3827 (3): 375–386 (4 Jul. 2014)
Morphology and Phylogeny of a New Frontonia Ciliate, F. paramagna spec. nov. (Ciliophora, Peniculida) from Harbin, Northeast China
YING CHEN, YAN ZHAO, XUMING PAN, WENQIAO DING, KHALED A. S. AL-RASHEID & ZIJIAN QIU
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Article 
Zootaxa 3760 (4): 501–521 (04 Feb. 2014)
An annotated and revised checklist of pleurostome ciliates 
(Protista: Ciliophora: Litostomatea) from Slovakia, Central Europe
PETER VĎAČNÝ & ĽUBOMÍR RAJTER

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Article
Zootaxa 3760 (1): 096–100 (30 Jan. 2014)
Isospora pitiguari n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the 
rufous-browed
peppershrike (Aves: Passeriformes: Vireonidae) 
Cyclarhis gujanensis
Gmelin, 1789
BRUNO DO BOMFIM LOPES, BRUNO PEREIRA BERTO, 
HERMES RIBEIRO LUZ,
GIDEĂO DA SILVA GALVĂO, 
ILDEMAR FERREIRA & CARLOS WILSON GOMES LOPES

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2013

Article
Zootaxa 3710 (4): 381–388 (16 Sept. 2013)
A checklist of the species under the genus Monocystis Von Stein, 1848 (Apicomplexa: Sporozoa: Monocystidae) described from oligochaete hosts
SUTAPA SARKAR & PROBIR K. BANDYOPADHYAY

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Article
Zootaxa 3681 (2): 169–174 (20 Jun. 2013)
First records of three Tripartiella species (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophora, Peritrichida) from freshwater fishes along Yangtze River in China
FAHUI TANG, YUANJUN ZHAO & CHUNNING LIU

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Article
Zootaxa 3669 (4): 571–584 (10 Jun. 2013)
A giant foraminifer that converges to the feeding strategy of carnivorous sponges: Spiculosiphon oceana sp. nov. (Foraminifera, Astrorhizida)
MANUEL MALDONADO, MARÍA LÓPEZ-ACOSTA, CČLIA SITJŔ, RICARDO AGUILAR, SILVIA GARCÍA
& JEAN VACELET
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Article
Zootaxa 3666 (3): 369–381 (31 May 2013)
Molecular characterization of haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida) in yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava), with description of in vitro ookinetes of
Haemoproteus motacillae
DIMITAR DIMITROV, GEDIMINAS VALKI
ŪNAS, PAVEL ZEHTINDJIEV, MIHAELA ILIEVA & STAFFAN BENSCH
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Article
Zootaxa 3666 (1): 049–061 (29 May 2013)
Molecular and morphological characterization of two avian malaria parasites (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae), with description of Plasmodium homonucleophilum n. sp.

MIKAS ILG
ŪNAS, VAIDAS PALINAUSKAS, TATJANA A. IEZHOVA & GEDIMINAS VALKIŪNAS
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Article
Zootaxa 3647 (4): 541–554 (13 May 2013)
Two new species of myxosporean parasites (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) from gall bladders of Macruronus magellanicus Lönnberg, 1907 (Teleostei: Merlucciidae) 
CHAGANTI KALAVATI, KEN MACKENZIE, CATHERINE COLLINS, WILLY HEMMINGSEN & PAUL BRICKLE
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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (2): 123–130 (10 Apr. 2013)
The morphology and SSU rRNA gene sequence analysis of a poorly-known brackish water ciliate, Pinacocoleps tesselatus (Kahl, 1930) (Ciliophora, Colepidae) from Hangzhou Bay, China 

BORONG LU, JIE HUANG & XIANGRUI CHEN

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Article 
Zootaxa 3626 (1): 55–76 (12 Mar. 2013)
Hypotrichous ciliates (Protozoa: Ciliophora) from a temporary pond in Argentina, with redescription of Apoamphisiella hymenophora (Stokes, 1886) Berger, 1999
GABRIELA C. KÜPPERS & MARÍA C. CLAPS

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Article 
Zootaxa 3616 (1): 85–94 (18 Feb. 2013)
Molecular characterization of Haemoproteus sacharovi (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae), a common parasite of columbiform birds, with remarks on classification of haemoproteids of doves and pigeons
ASTA KRIŽANAUSKIENĖ, TATJANA A. IEZHOVA, RAVINDER N. M. SEHGAL, JENNY S. CARLSON, VAIDAS PALINAUSKAS, STAFFAN BENSCH & GEDIMINAS VALKIŪNAS

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Article 
Zootaxa 3608 (5): 345–356 (22 Jan. 2013)
Hepatozoon langii n. sp. and Hepatozoon vacuolatus n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) from the crag lizard (Sauria: Cordylidae) Pseudocordylus langi from the North Eastern Drakensberg escarpment, Eastern Free State, South Africa
JOHANN VAN AS, ANGELA J. DAVIES & NICO J. SMIT

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2012

Article
Zootaxa 3556: 80–88 (20 Nov. 2012) 5 plates; 16 references               Accepted: 27 Jul. 2012
First report of Epistylis unioi Gong 1986 (Sessilida: Epistylididae) infecting fry of Pelteobagrus fulvidraco in Hubei, China 
MING LI, WEIDONG LI, XIANPING GE, CHONG WANG, LIN ZHANG, FENG HUANG & HUIYU LIU (China)

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Article
Zootaxa 3441: 36–46 (28 Aug. 2012) 2 plates; 50 references                       Accepted: 9 Jul. 2012
Haemoproteus nucleocondensus n. sp. (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) from a Eurasian sogbird, the Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
ASTA KRIŽANAUSKIENĖ (Lithuania), TATJANA A. IEZHOVA (Lithuania), VAIDAS PALINAUSKAS (Lithuania), NIKITA CHERNETSOV (Russia) & GEDIMINAS VALKIŪNAS (Lithuania)

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Article
Zootaxa 3422: 62–68 (14 Aug. 2012) 4 plates; 22 references                  Accepted: 16 Jun. 2012
Trichodina heterodentata (Ciliophora: Trichodinidae): a new parasite for Piaractus mesopotamicus (Pisces: Characidae)
SANTIAGO BENITES DE PÁDUA, MAURÍCIO LATERÇA MARTINS, SILVIA PATRÍCIA CARRASCHI, CLAUDINEI DA CRUZ & MÁRCIA MAYUMI ISHIKAWA (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3345: 34–58 (13 Jun. 2012) 9 plates; 57 references                  Accepted: 20 Apr. 2012
Taxonomic revision of the ciliate genus Zosterodasys Deroux, 1978 (Protista: Ciliophora: Synhymeniida)
PETER V
ĎAČNÝ & EVA TIRJAKOVÁ (Slovak Republic)
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Article
Zootaxa 3334: 42–54 (5 Jun. 2012) 8 plates; 31 references                  Accepted: 27 Mar. 2012
Morphology, morphogenesis, and molecular phylogeny of a new brackish water ciliate, Pseudourostyla cristatoides n. sp., from Songjiho lagoon on the coast of East Sea, South Korea
JAE-HO JUNG, KYUNG-MIN PARK & GI-SIK MIN (Korea)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3221: 1–25 (5 Mar. 2012) 0 plate; 126 references                  Accepted: 23 Jan. 2012
Checklist of Protozoan parasites of fishes from Brazil 
JORGE C. EIRAS (Portugal), RICARDO M. TAKEMOTO (Brazil), GILBERTO C. PAVANELLI (Brazil) & JOSÉ L. LUQUE (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3182: 51–56 (03 Feb. 2012) 2 plates; 24 references                        Accepted: 10  Jan. 2012
Light and ultrastructural analysis of Myxobolus insignis (Myxozoa),
infecting the Amazonian Fish Semaprochilodus insignis (Prochilodontidae)
CARLOS AZEVEDO (Portugal), SÉRGIO C. S. CLEMENTE (Brazil), GRAÇA CASAL (Portugal),
PATRÍCIA MATOS (Brazil), ELSA OLIVEIRA (Portugal), SALEH AL-GURAISHY (Saudi Arabia) & EDILSON MATOS (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3167: 45–52 (20 Jan. 2012) 10 plates; 19 references                      Accepted: 24 Nov. 2011
Resdescription of two synhymeniid ciliates, Chilodontopsis simplex Ozaki &
Yagiu, 1941 and Zosterodasys transverses (Kahl, 1928) Foissner et al., 1994 (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Phyllopharyngea)
LIJUAN WANG, YUANJUN ZHAO & JUN GONG (China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3166: 34–40 (19 Jan. 2012) 1 plates; 21 references                       Accepted: 24 Nov. 2011
Suctorian ciliates (Ciliophora, Suctorea) as epibionts of stream-dwelling aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) in the southwestern Palaearctic region
IGOR DOVGAL (Ukraine) & VLADIMIR PEŠI
Ć (Montenegro)
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2011

Article
Zootaxa 3048: 62–68 (04 Oct. 2011) 2 plates; 27 references                         Accepted: 17 Aug. 2011
A new pleurostomatid ciliate, Amphileptus salignus n. sp. (Protozoa, Ciliophora), from mangrove wetlands in southern China 
RUIMIN CHEN (China), XIAOFENG LIN (China) & ALAN WARREN (UK)

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Article
Zootaxa 3035: 1–56 (20 Sep. 2011) 2 plates; 77 references                         Accepted: 11 Aug. 2011
A checklist of Foraminifera of the Eastern Shelf of the Adriatic Sea 
VLASTA ĆOSOVIĆ, DUŠAN ZAVODNIK, ADRIANA BORČIĆ, JELENA VIDOVIĆ, SANDRA DEAK & ALAN MORO (Croatia)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 3001: 68 (23 Aug. 2011
Erratum: JI, D. et al. (2011) Redescriptions of five species of marine peritrichs, Zoothamnium plumula, Zoothamnium nii, Zoothamnium wang, Pseudovorticella bidulphiae, and Pseudovorticella marina (Protista, Ciliophora). Zootaxa, 2930, 47–59.

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Article
Zootaxa 2930: 47–59 (27 Jun. 2011) 5 plates; 46 references                         Accepted: 24 May 2011
Redescriptions of five species of marine peritrichs, Zoothamnium plumula, Zoothamnium nii, Zoothamnium wang, Pseudovorticella bidulphiae, and Pseudovorticella marina (Protista, Ciliophora)
DAODE JI (P.R. China), MANN KYOON SHIN (P.R. China), JOONG KI CHOI (Korea), JOHN C. CLAMP
(Korea), KHALED A. S. AL-RASHEID (USA) & WEIBO SONG (Saudi Arabia)
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Article
Zootaxa 2912: 49–58 (9 Jun. 2011) 3 plates; 33 references                         Accepted: 16 May 2011
A new ‘saccamminid’ genus (Rhizaria: Foraminifera), from 4400 m water depth in the Nazaré Canyon (NE Atlantic)
ANA ARANDA DA SILVA (Portugal), ANDREW J. GOODAY (UK), RICHARD B. PEARSE (Portugal) &
MARINA R. CUNHA (Portugal)
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Article
Zootaxa 2798: 48–60 (23 Mar. 2011) 3 plates; 22 references                        Accepted: 14 Feb. 2011
New records of suctorians (Ciliophora: Suctoria) as epibionts of aquatic true
bugs (Hemiptera: Prosorrhyncha: Nepomorpha) from two regions: Mexico and Eastern Europe
RICARDO MARIŃO-PÉREZ (Mexico), IGOR DOVGAL (Ukraine) & ROSAURA MAYÉN-ESTRADA (Mexico)

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Zootaxa 2739: 51–59 (13 Jan. 2011) 3 plates; 28 references                          Accepted: 10 Dec. 2010
Morphology and SSU rRNA gene sequence of the new brackish water ciliate, Anteholosticha pseudomonilata n. sp. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida, Holostichidae) from Korea
LIQIONG LI (P.R. China), SADIA NAWROZ KHAN (Korea), DAODE JI (P.R. China) & MANN KYOON SHIN (Korea)

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2010

Article
Zootaxa 2650: 57–62 (19 Oct. 2010) 2 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 1 Oct. 2010
Isospora ramphoceli n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the Brazilian
tanager (Aves: Passeriformes: Thraupidae) Ramphocelus bresilius dorsalis Sclater, 1855
BRUNO PEREIRA BERTO, WALTER FLAUSINO, HERMES RIBEIRO LUZ, ILDEMAR FERREIRA &
CARLOS WILSON GOMES LOPES (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2492: 63–68 (2 Jun. 2010) 1 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 16 Apr. 2010
Protozoa in the digestive tract of wild herbivores in South Africa. I: Warthogs
(Phacochoerus aethiopicus)
DIRK G. BOOYSE (South Africa), ELIZABETH A. BOOMKER (South Africa) & BURK A. DEHORITY
(USA)
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2009

 Article 
Zootaxa 2198: 61-66 (14 Aug. 2009) 2 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 11 Jul. 2009
A new species of Pachytrocha Kent, 1882 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia:
Vaginicolidae)
ELENA G. BOSHKO & LYUDMILA A. KONSTANTYNENKO (Ukraine)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 9-22 (11 May 2009) 6 plates; 41 references                              Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
A new genus and two new species of saccamminid foraminiferans (Protista, Rhizaria) from the deep Southern
Ocean
TOMAS CEDHAGEN (Denmark) , ANDREW J. GOODAY (UK) & JAN PAWLOWSKI (Switzerland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2096: 23-32 (11 May 2009) 3 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Global genetic homogeneity in the deep-sea foraminiferan Epistominella exigua (Rotaliida: Pseudoparrellidae)
BEATRICE LECROQ (Switzerland), ANDREW JOHN GOODAY (UK), JAN PAWLOWSKI (Switzerland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2059: 23-32 (1 Apr. 2009) 4 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 3 Mar. 2009
New species of Leptohalysis (Rhizaria, Foraminifera) from an extreme hadal site
in the western Pacific Ocean
HIROSHI KITAZATO (Japan), KATSUYUKI UEMATSUI (Japan), YUKO TODO (Japan), & ANDREW
J. GOODAY I(UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2005: 57-66 (9 Feb. 2009) 4 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 27 Nov. 2008
Morphological studies and molecular data on a new marine ciliate,
Apokeronopsis sinica n. sp. (Ciliophora: Urostylida), from the South China Sea
WEIWEI LIU, JIQIU LI, SHAN GAO, CHEN SHAO, JUN GONG, XIAOFENG LIN, HONGBIN LIU &
WEIBO SONG (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1980: 53-60 (16 Jan. 2009) 3 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 27 Nov. 2008
A new freshwater peritrichous ciliate from Harbin, China,
Epistylis lalinensis n. sp. (Sessilida: Epistylididae)
GUILAN QI, XINLU SHI, GUIJIE LIU & XIAOZHONG HU (P.R. China)

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2008

 Article 
Zootaxa 1939: 51-57 (21 Nov. 2008) 3 plates; 17 references                       Accepted: 22 Oct. 2008
Morphology and infraciliature of a new marine ciliate, Cinetochilum ovale n. sp. (Ciliophora: Oligohymenophorea)
JUN GONG & WEIBO SONG (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1810: 60-68 (25 Jun. 2008) 2 plates; 34 references                              Accepted: 16 Apr. 2008
An overview of Suctorian ciliates (Ciliophora, Suctorea) as epibionts of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae)
IGOR DOVGAL (Ukraine), TAPAS CHATTERJEE (India) & BABAN INGOLE (India)
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Zootaxa 1703: 62-68 (13 Feb. 2008) 0 plates; 33 references                 Accepted: 20 Dec. 2007
Ciliate protozoa of the forestomach of llamas (Lama glama) and alpacas (Vicugna pacos) from the Bolivian Altiplano
IGNACIO DEL VALLE, GABRIEL DE LA FUENTE & MANUEL FONDEVILA (Spain)

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Zootaxa 1687: 35-50 (23 Jan. 2008) 11 plates; 23 references                         Accepted: 15 Nov. 2007
Taxonomic studies on three marine species of Frontonia from northern China:
F. didieri n. sp., F. multinucleata n. sp. and F. tchibisovae Burkovsky, 1970 (Ciliophora: Peniculida)
HONGAN LONG (China), WEIBO SONG (China), KHALED A.S. AL-RASHEID (Saudi Arabia), YANGANG WANG (China), ZHENZHEN YI (China), SALEH A. Al-QURAISHY (Saudi Arabia), XIAOFENG LIN (China), SALEH A. AL-FARRAJ (Saudi Arabia)
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2007

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Zootaxa 1626: 39-50 (31 Oct. 2007)  3 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 7 Sep. 2007
Comparison of mitochondrial cytochrome b lineages and morphospecies of two avian malaria parasites of the subgenera Haemamoeba and Giovannolaia (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae)
VAIDAS PALINAUSKAS (Lithuania), VLAD KOSAREV (Russia), ANATOLY SHAPOVAL (Russia), STAFFAN BENSCH (Sweden) & GEDIMINAS VALKIUNAS (Lithuania)

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Zootaxa 1582: 39-48 (12 Sep. 2007)  3 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 9 Aug. 2007
Trichodinids (Ciliophora: Peritrichida) parasitic on gills of freshwater fishes, Carassius auratus and Aristichthys nobilis from China, with the description of Trichodina subtilihamata sp. nov.
FAHUI TANG, YUANJUN ZHAO & YANFEI TAO (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1559: 31-57 (24 Aug. 2007) 13 plates; 78 references                         Accepted: 20 Jun. 2007
Morphology and morphogenesis of Strongylidium pseudocrassum Wang and Nie, 1935, with redefinition of Strongylidium Sterki, 1878 (Protista: Ciliophora: Stichotrichia)
THIAGO DA SILVA PAIVA & INACIO DOMINGOS DA SILVA-NETO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1524: 35-45 (9 Jul. 2007) 4 plates; 28 references                            Accepted: 23 May 2007
Establishment of a new peritrich ciliate genus, Pseudepistylis n. gen. (Ciliophora: Peritrichia: Epistylididae), with a description of a new freshwater species, Pseudepistylis songi n. sp. from Wenzhou, China
XIAOHUI PENG (P.R. China), XINLU SHI (P.R. China) & ALAN WARREN (UK)

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Zootaxa 1454: 49-57 (23 Apr. 2007) 3 plates; 35 references                          Accepted: 15 Mar. 2007
First record of Epistylis plicatilis (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) attached to Pomacea canaliculata (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Southern Brazil
LAURA R. P. UTZ (Brazil)

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2006

Zootaxa 1377: 47-60 (11 Dec. 2006)  44 references                                          Accepted: 27 Oct. 2006
Rumen ciliate fauna of Icelandic cattle, sheep, goats and reindeer
G.D.L. FUENTE (Spain), K. SKIRNISSON (Iceland) & B.A. DEHORITY (USA)
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Zootaxa 1305: 33-39 (31 Aug. 2006)  1 plates; 15  references                         Accepted:  7 Aug. 2006
Studies on the variation in caudal spination of Epidinium
B.A. DEHORITY (USA)
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Zootaxa 1296: 1-17 (17 Aug. 2006) 5 plates; 30 references                              Accepted:  24 Jul. 2006
Redescription of the marine scuticociliate Glauconema trihymene Thompson, 1966 (Protozoa: Ciliophora): life cycle and stomatogenesis
H.W. MA (P.R. China), W.B. SONG (P.R. China), A. WARREN (UK), D. ROBERTS (UK), J. GONG (P.R. China) & K. A. S. Al-Rasheid (Saudi Arabia)

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Zootaxa 1247: 43-58 (29 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 28 references                           Accepted: 19 May 2006
Pseudourostyla pelotensis sp. nov. (Ciliophora, Stichotrichia, Urostylida): a new psammophilic ciliate from the southern Brazil
T.D.S. PAIVA & I.D. DA SILVA-NETO (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1120: 51-55 (2 Feb. 2006) 1 plate; 10 references                                  Accepted: 5 Dec. 2005
Biology of Monocystis clubae sp. nov. (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida) from an Indian earthworm Lampito mauritii (Annelida: Oligochaeta) of India
P.K. BANDYOPADHYAY, A MITRA & P. MALLIK (India)
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Zootaxa 1113: 33-40 (24 Jan. 2006) 2 plates; 22 references                          Accepted: 15 Dec. 2005
Morphology and infraciliature of the oligotrich ciliate Strombidium rapulum (Yagiu, 1933) Kahl, 1934 (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Oligotrichida) from the intestine of sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus Agassiz
D.P. XU, W.B. SONG, P. SUN & X.R. CHEN (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1113: 41-49 (24 Jan. 2006) 2 plates; 22 references                          Accepted: 15 Dec. 2005
Description of a new marine cyrtophorid ciliate, Brooklynella sinensis n. sp. from the China Sea with a new definition of the genus Brooklynella (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Cyrtophorida)
J. GONG  & W.B. SONG (P.R. China)
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2005

Zootaxa 1091: 53-64 (5 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 46 references                                 Accepted: 11 Oct. 2005
Rumen ciliated protozoa of the Turkish domestic goats (Capra hircus L.)
B.
GÖÇMEN, S. RASTGELDI, A. KARAOGLU & HAKAN ASKAN  (Turkey)
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Zootaxa 1075: 41-53 (4 Nov. 2005) 5 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 29 Sept. 2005
Notes on a new marine peritrichous ciliate (Ciliophora: Peritrichida), Zoothamnium xuianum n. sp., with redescription of Z. paraentzii Song, 1991 from northern China
P. SUN, D.D. JI & W.B. SONG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1016: 15-19 (8 Jul. 2005) 2 plates; 8 references                               Accepted: 2 Jun. 2005
Observations on a new species of Monocystis Stein, 1848 (Protozoa: Apicomplexa: Monocystidae) Monocystis levinei sp. nov. from an Indian earthworm (Annelida: Oligochaeta) Eutyphoeus incommo-dus
P.K. BANDYOPADHYAY, B. BHOWMIK & A.K. MITRA (India)
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Zootaxa 1003: 57-64 (3 Jun. 2005) 3 plates; 24 references                               Accepted: 12 May 2005
Frontonia lynni n. sp., a new marine ciliate (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Hymenostomatida) from Qingdao, China
H. LONG, W. SONG*, J. GONG, X. HU, H. MA, M. ZHU & M. WANG (P.R. China)
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2004

Zootaxa 587: 1-11 (30 July 2004) 2 plates; 24 references                                Accepted: 21 June 2004
Benthic ciliates from Sepetiba Bay (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) with description of Pseudokeronopsis sepetibensis n. sp. (Spirotrichea: Urostylida)
R.C. WANICK & I.D.D. SILVA-NETO
(Brazil)

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Zootaxa 505: 1-26 (4 May 2004) 13 plates; 23 references                               Accepted: 20 April 2004
Comparative morphometric study of three species of Apoamphisiella Foissner, 1997 (Ciliophora: Hypotrichea) from Brazilian locations,
including a description of Apoamphisiella foissneri sp. n.
T.D.S. PAIVA & I.D.D. SILVA-NETO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 504: 1-10 (4 May 2004) 3 plates; 15 references                               Accepted: 20 April 2004
Description of Parentocirrus brasiliensis sp. n. (Ciliophora: Spirotrichea),
a new ciliate protist present in activated sludge
T.D.S. PAIVA & I.D.D. SILVA-NETO (Brazil)
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2002

Zootaxa 51: 1-12 (12 July 2002) 1 plate; 33 references                               Accepted: 3 July 2002
Forestomach ciliate Protozoa in Egyptian dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) 
A.A. KUBESY (Egypt) & B.A. DEHORITY (USA)

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