List of works - Xinpeng Fan

A new genus of marine scuticociliate (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from northern China, with a brief note on its phylogenetic position inferred from small subunit ribosomal DNA sequence data

scientific article

An Integrative Investigation of Parabistichella variabilis (Protista, Ciliophora, Hypotrichia) Including Its General Morphology, Ultrastructure, Ontogenesis, and Molecular Phylogeny

scientific article published on 27 May 2020

Description of Paratetrahymena parawassi n. sp. using morphological and molecular evidence and a phylogenetic analysis of Paratetrahymena and other taxonomically ambiguous genera in the order Loxocephalida (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea).

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Disentangling the relative roles of natural and anthropogenic-induced stressors in shaping benthic ciliate diversity in a heavily disturbed bay

scientific article published in 2021

Documentation of a new hypotrich species in the family Amphisiellidae, Lamtostyla gui n. sp. (Protista, Ciliophora) using a multidisciplinary approach

scientific article published on 28 February 2020

Environmental status assessment using biological traits analyses and functional diversity indices of benthic ciliate communities

scientific article published on 07 May 2018

Functional diversity of benthic ciliate communities in response to environmental gradients in a wetland of Yangtze Estuary, China

scientific article published on 5 January 2018

Further analyses on the phylogeny of the subclass Scuticociliatia (Protozoa, Ciliophora) based on both nuclear and mitochondrial data

scientific article published on 18 July 2019

Further insights into the phylogeny of two ciliate classes Nassophorea and Prostomatea (Protista, Ciliophora).

scientific article

Genetic basis for the establishment of endosymbiosis in Paramecium

scientific article published on 15 January 2019

Morphological and Molecular Redefinition of Euplotes platystoma Dragesco & Dragesco-Kernéis, 1986 and Aspidisca lynceus (Müller,1773) Ehrenberg, 1859, with Reconsideration of a "Well-known" Euplotes Ciliate, Euplotes harpa Stein, 1859 (Ciliophora, E

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Morphological and molecular characterization of Parafurgasonia zhangi spec. nov. and Chilodonella acuta Kahl, 1931 (Protozoa, Ciliophora), from a soil habitat of Saudi Arabia

scientific article published on 23 April 2014

Morphological description of three marine ciliates (Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia), with establishment of a new genus and two new species ⬇️

scientific article published on May 12, 2011

Morphological description of two new ciliates (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea, Cryptopharyngidae): Apocryptopharynx discoidalis spec. nov. and Cryptopharynx minutus spec. nov.

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Morphological descriptions of five scuticociliates including one new species of Falcicyclidium

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Morphological reports on two species of Dexiotricha (Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia), with a note on the phylogenetic position of the genus

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Morphological, Phylogenetic and Ecophysiological Characterization of a New Ciliate, Platynematum rossellomorai n. sp. (Oligohymenophorea, Scuticociliatia), Detected in a Hypersaline Pond on Mallorca, Spain

scientific article published on 18 July 2020

Morphology and Phylogeny of Two Novel Ciliates, Arcanisutura chongmingensis n. gen., n. sp. and Naxella paralucida n. sp. from Shanghai, China.

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Morphology and SSU rRNA gene sequences of three Frontonia species, including a description of F. subtropica spec. nov. (Ciliophora, Peniculida).

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Morphology of three new marine Frontonia species (Ciliophora; Peniculida) with note on the phylogeny of this genus

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Morphology, morphogenesis, and molecular phylogeny of Uroleptus (Caudiholosticha) stueberi (Foissner, 1987) comb. nov. (Ciliophora, Hypotricha), and reclassification of the remaining Caudiholosticha species.

scientific article published on 31 August 2016

New contributions to the biodiversity of ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Antarctica, including a description of Gastronauta multistriata nov. spec. ⬇️

scientific article published on 18 January 2016

Novel insights into molecular mechanisms of Pseudourostyla cristata encystment using comparative transcriptomics

scientific article published on 13 December 2019

Observations on the ultrastructure of extrusomes in the hypotrichous ciliateArchitricha indica(Protist, Ciliophora)

Phylogenetic consideration of two scuticociliate genera, Philasterides and Boveria (Protozoa, Ciliophora) based on 18 S rRNA gene sequences

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Phylogenetic positions of four hypotrichous ciliates (Protista, Ciliophora) based on SSU rRNA gene, with notes on their morphological characters

scientific article (publication date: 18 August 2015)

Phylogeny of the Poorly Known Ciliates, Microthoracida, a Systematically Confused Taxon (Ciliophora), with Morphological Reports of Three Species.

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Phylogeny of the poorly known ciliates, microthoracida, a systematically confused taxon (ciliophora), with morphological reports of three species

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Redescription of a Hymenostome Ciliate, Tetrahymena setosa (Protozoa, Ciliophora) Notes on its Molecular Phylogeny

scientific article published on 07 September 2018

Some morphologically distinguishable hypotrich ciliates share identical 18S rRNA gene sequences – taxonomic insights from a case study on Oxytricha species (Protista, Ciliophora) ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

Taxonomy and morphology of four "ophrys-related" scuticociliates (Protista, Ciliophora, Scuticociliata), with the description of a new genus, Paramesanophrys gen. nov.

scientific article published on 18 April 2016

Tetrahymena australis (Protozoa, Ciliophora): A Well-Known But "Non-Existing" Taxon - Consideration of Its Identification, Definition and Systematic Position

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The Encystment-Related MicroRNAs and Its Regulation Molecular Mechanism in Pseudourostyla cristata Revealed by High Throughput Small RNA Sequencing

scientific article published on 26 March 2020

The differentiation of cellular structure during encystment in the soil hypotrichous ciliate Australocirrus cf. australis (Protista, Ciliophora)

scientific article published on 07 December 2016

The morphology and morphogenesis of a marine ciliate, Epiclintes auricularis rarisetus nov. sspec. (Ciliophora, Epiclintidae), from the Yellow Sea.

scientific article published on 5 April 2009

Toxic Effects of Copper Nanoparticles on <i>Paramecium bursaria</i>-<i>Chlorella</i> Symbiotic System

scientific article published on 23 March 2022

Traits mediate environmental responses of benthic ciliates in dynamic coastal habitats

scientific article published on 24 May 2024

Transcriptome analysis reveals the encystment-related lncRNA expression profile and coexpressed mRNAs in Pseudourostyla cristata

scientific article published on 15 April 2021

Two Urosoma species (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia): A multidisciplinary approach provides new insights into their ultrastructure and systematics

scientific article published on 03 December 2019

Two new marine scuticociliates, Sathrophilus planus n. sp. and Pseudoplatynematum dengi n. sp., with improved definition of Pseudoplatynematum (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophora).

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Two new scuticociliates from southern China: Uronema apomarinum sp. nov. and Homalogastra parasetosa sp. nov., with improved diagnoses of the genus Homalogastra and its type species Homalogastra setosa (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea)

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Two novel marine Frontonia species, Frontonia mengi spec. nov. and Frontonia magna spec. nov. (Protozoa; Ciliophora), with notes on their phylogeny based on small-subunit rRNA gene sequence data

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Two parasitic ciliates (Protozoa: Ciliophora: Phyllopharyngea) isolated from respiratory-mucus of an unhealthy beluga whale: characterization, phylogeny and an assessment of morphological adaptations ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2020

Ultrastructural features of the tomont of Cryptocaryon irritans (Ciliophora: Prostomatea), a parasitic ciliate of marine fishes

scientific article published on 30 January 2017

Ultrastructure observation on the cells at different life history stages of Cryptocaryon irritans (Ciliophora: Prostomatea), a parasitic ciliate of marine fishes

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Ultrastructure observation on the cells at different life history stages of Cryptocaryon irritans (Ciliophora: Prostomatea), a parasitic ciliate of marine fishes - CORRIGENDUM

scientific article published on 01 September 2016

Ultrastructure of Apocolpodidium etoschense (Ciliophora) and its Systematics Enlightenment for the Class Nassophorea

scientific article published in April 2022

Ultrastructure of vegetative cells and resting cysts, and live observations of the encystation and excystation processes in Diophrys oligothrix Borror, 1965 (Protista, Ciliophora)

scientific article published on 19 September 2018

List of works by Xinpeng Fan

A new genus of marine scuticociliate (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from northern China, with a brief note on its phylogenetic position inferred from small subunit ribosomal DNA sequence data

An Integrative Investigation of Parabistichella variabilis (Protista, Ciliophora, Hypotrichia) Including Its General Morphology, Ultrastructure, Ontogenesis, and Molecular Phylogeny

Description of Paratetrahymena parawassi n. sp. using morphological and molecular evidence and a phylogenetic analysis of Paratetrahymena and other taxonomically ambiguous genera in the order Loxocephalida (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea).

Disentangling the relative roles of natural and anthropogenic-induced stressors in shaping benthic ciliate diversity in a heavily disturbed bay

Documentation of a new hypotrich species in the family Amphisiellidae, Lamtostyla gui n. sp. (Protista, Ciliophora) using a multidisciplinary approach

Environmental status assessment using biological traits analyses and functional diversity indices of benthic ciliate communities

Functional diversity of benthic ciliate communities in response to environmental gradients in a wetland of Yangtze Estuary, China

Further analyses on the phylogeny of the subclass Scuticociliatia (Protozoa, Ciliophora) based on both nuclear and mitochondrial data

Further insights into the phylogeny of two ciliate classes Nassophorea and Prostomatea (Protista, Ciliophora).

Genetic basis for the establishment of endosymbiosis in Paramecium

Morphological and Molecular Redefinition of Euplotes platystoma Dragesco & Dragesco-Kernéis, 1986 and Aspidisca lynceus (Müller,1773) Ehrenberg, 1859, with Reconsideration of a "Well-known" Euplotes Ciliate, Euplotes harpa Stein, 1859 (Ciliophora, E

Morphological and molecular characterization of Parafurgasonia zhangi spec. nov. and Chilodonella acuta Kahl, 1931 (Protozoa, Ciliophora), from a soil habitat of Saudi Arabia

Morphological description of three marine ciliates (Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia), with establishment of a new genus and two new species ⬇️

Morphological description of two new ciliates (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea, Cryptopharyngidae): Apocryptopharynx discoidalis spec. nov. and Cryptopharynx minutus spec. nov.

Morphological descriptions of five scuticociliates including one new species of Falcicyclidium

Morphological reports on two species of Dexiotricha (Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia), with a note on the phylogenetic position of the genus

Morphological, Phylogenetic and Ecophysiological Characterization of a New Ciliate, Platynematum rossellomorai n. sp. (Oligohymenophorea, Scuticociliatia), Detected in a Hypersaline Pond on Mallorca, Spain

Morphology and Phylogeny of Two Novel Ciliates, Arcanisutura chongmingensis n. gen., n. sp. and Naxella paralucida n. sp. from Shanghai, China.

Morphology and SSU rRNA gene sequences of three Frontonia species, including a description of F. subtropica spec. nov. (Ciliophora, Peniculida).

Morphology of three new marine Frontonia species (Ciliophora; Peniculida) with note on the phylogeny of this genus

Morphology, morphogenesis, and molecular phylogeny of Uroleptus (Caudiholosticha) stueberi (Foissner, 1987) comb. nov. (Ciliophora, Hypotricha), and reclassification of the remaining Caudiholosticha species.

New contributions to the biodiversity of ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Antarctica, including a description of Gastronauta multistriata nov. spec. ⬇️

Novel insights into molecular mechanisms of Pseudourostyla cristata encystment using comparative transcriptomics

Observations on the ultrastructure of extrusomes in the hypotrichous ciliateArchitricha indica(Protist, Ciliophora)

Phylogenetic consideration of two scuticociliate genera, Philasterides and Boveria (Protozoa, Ciliophora) based on 18 S rRNA gene sequences

Phylogenetic positions of four hypotrichous ciliates (Protista, Ciliophora) based on SSU rRNA gene, with notes on their morphological characters

Phylogeny of the Poorly Known Ciliates, Microthoracida, a Systematically Confused Taxon (Ciliophora), with Morphological Reports of Three Species.

Phylogeny of the poorly known ciliates, microthoracida, a systematically confused taxon (ciliophora), with morphological reports of three species

Redescription of a Hymenostome Ciliate, Tetrahymena setosa (Protozoa, Ciliophora) Notes on its Molecular Phylogeny

Some morphologically distinguishable hypotrich ciliates share identical 18S rRNA gene sequences – taxonomic insights from a case study on Oxytricha species (Protista, Ciliophora) ⬇️

Taxonomy and morphology of four "ophrys-related" scuticociliates (Protista, Ciliophora, Scuticociliata), with the description of a new genus, Paramesanophrys gen. nov.

Tetrahymena australis (Protozoa, Ciliophora): A Well-Known But "Non-Existing" Taxon - Consideration of Its Identification, Definition and Systematic Position

The Encystment-Related MicroRNAs and Its Regulation Molecular Mechanism in Pseudourostyla cristata Revealed by High Throughput Small RNA Sequencing

The differentiation of cellular structure during encystment in the soil hypotrichous ciliate Australocirrus cf. australis (Protista, Ciliophora)

The morphology and morphogenesis of a marine ciliate, Epiclintes auricularis rarisetus nov. sspec. (Ciliophora, Epiclintidae), from the Yellow Sea.

Toxic Effects of Copper Nanoparticles on <i>Paramecium bursaria</i>-<i>Chlorella</i> Symbiotic System

Traits mediate environmental responses of benthic ciliates in dynamic coastal habitats

Transcriptome analysis reveals the encystment-related lncRNA expression profile and coexpressed mRNAs in Pseudourostyla cristata

Two Urosoma species (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia): A multidisciplinary approach provides new insights into their ultrastructure and systematics

Two new marine scuticociliates, Sathrophilus planus n. sp. and Pseudoplatynematum dengi n. sp., with improved definition of Pseudoplatynematum (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophora).

Two new scuticociliates from southern China: Uronema apomarinum sp. nov. and Homalogastra parasetosa sp. nov., with improved diagnoses of the genus Homalogastra and its type species Homalogastra setosa (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea)

Two novel marine Frontonia species, Frontonia mengi spec. nov. and Frontonia magna spec. nov. (Protozoa; Ciliophora), with notes on their phylogeny based on small-subunit rRNA gene sequence data

Two parasitic ciliates (Protozoa: Ciliophora: Phyllopharyngea) isolated from respiratory-mucus of an unhealthy beluga whale: characterization, phylogeny and an assessment of morphological adaptations ⬇️

Ultrastructural features of the tomont of Cryptocaryon irritans (Ciliophora: Prostomatea), a parasitic ciliate of marine fishes

Ultrastructure observation on the cells at different life history stages of Cryptocaryon irritans (Ciliophora: Prostomatea), a parasitic ciliate of marine fishes

Ultrastructure observation on the cells at different life history stages of Cryptocaryon irritans (Ciliophora: Prostomatea), a parasitic ciliate of marine fishes - CORRIGENDUM

Ultrastructure of Apocolpodidium etoschense (Ciliophora) and its Systematics Enlightenment for the Class Nassophorea

Ultrastructure of vegetative cells and resting cysts, and live observations of the encystation and excystation processes in Diophrys oligothrix Borror, 1965 (Protista, Ciliophora)