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Corresponding author: Rosaura Mayén-Estrada (rme2@ciencias.unam.mx)
Received: 27 Sep 2024 | Published: 27 Sep 2024
© 2024 Rosaura Mayén-Estrada, Carlos Durán-Ramírez
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Mayén-Estrada R, Durán-Ramírez C (2024) Constructing a Ciliate Slide Collection in Mexico: First Steps. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 8: e137963. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.8.137963
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Ciliophora is extremely diverse and probably the most studied group of heterotrophic protists, with cilia and a nuclear dimorphism (
Map of Mexico showing the states and number of genera of ciliates with at least one mounted slide deposited in the Protozoology Laboratory, Sciences Faculty, UNAM.
Slides contain representatives of the 11 classes proposed by
Our goal is to inform and share the challenges faced to maintain this collection and achieve its recognition, all while exploring the possibilities of sharing it with the scientific community as part of Mexican natural history and protistological biodiversity.
Ciliophora, protists, microscope slides
Rosaura Mayén-Estrada
SPNHC-TDWG 2024