The Ciliated Protozoa Characterization, Classification, and Guide to the Literature
The third edition of The Ciliated Protozoa continues the innovative approach of the previous two editions, thoroughly documenting the progress in our understanding of the evolutionary diversification of these widely distributed eukaryotic microorganisms. The Glossary is considerably revised and expa...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2008, 2008
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. 2008 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- and Progress in the Last Half Century
- Glossary of Terms and Concepts Useful in Ciliate Systematics
- Characters and the Rationale Behind the New Classification
- Phylum CILIOPHORA – Conjugating, Ciliated Protists with Nuclear Dualism
- Subphylum 1. POSTCILIODESMATOPHORA: Class 1. KARYORELICTEA – The “Dawn” or Eociliates
- Subphylum 1. POSTCILIODESMATOPHORA: Class 2. HETEROTRICHEA – Once Close to the Top
- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 1. SPIROTRICHEA – Ubiquitous and Morphologically Complex
- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 2. ARMOPHOREA – Sapropelebionts that Once Were Heterotrichs
- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 3. LITOSTOMATEA – Simple Ciliates but Highly Derived
- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 4. PHYLLOPHARYNGEA — Diverse in Form, Related in Structure
- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 5. NASSOPHOREA — Diverse, Yet Still Possibly Pivotal
- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 6. COLPODEA — Somatically Conserved but Orally Diverse
- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 7. PROSTOMATEA — Once Considered Ancestral, Now Definitely Derived
- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 8. PLAGIOPYLEA — A True Riboclass of Uncommon Companions
- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 9. OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA — Once a Pivotal Group, Now a Terminal Radiation
- Deep Phylogeny, Gene Sequences, and Character State Evolution — Mapping the Course of Ciliate Evolution
- The Ciliate Taxa Including Families and Genera