Ecological and morphological characteristics of Ephelota gemmipara (Ciliophora, Suctoria), epibiontic on Eudendrium racemosum (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Adriatic Sea.

@article{Tazioli2013EcologicalAM,
  title={Ecological and morphological characteristics of Ephelota gemmipara (Ciliophora, Suctoria), epibiontic on Eudendrium racemosum (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Adriatic Sea.},
  author={Silvia Tazioli and Cristina Gioia Di Camillo},
  journal={European journal of protistology},
  year={2013},
  volume={49 4},
  pages={
          590-9
        }
}
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