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The Ciliated Protozoa
Characterization, Classification and Guide to the Literature
- 2nd Edition - January 1, 1979
- Author: John O. Corliss
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 1 8 7 5 2 - 5
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 2 1 7 5 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 5 4 1 7 - 6
The Ciliated Protozoa: Characterization, Classification and Guide to the Literature, Second Edition presents a premature major overhauling of the systematics of the Ciliophora… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Ciliated Protozoa: Characterization, Classification and Guide to the Literature, Second Edition presents a premature major overhauling of the systematics of the Ciliophora sensu lato, which is considered a separate phylum. This book includes a developed rationale and defined criteria that serve as a basis for the reclassification of the ciliates. Discussions of controversial taxa are provided, including arbitrary but critical resolution of their place in, or rejection from, the new overall system. The ideas concerning the evolution of ciliates, as well as “phylogenetic trees” are also covered in this text. This text categorizes the ciliates into three classes—Kinetofragminophora, Oligohymenophora, and Polyhymenophora. This publication is a good source for biologists and students interested in ciliates.
List of Tables
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface to First Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Part 1. Basic Considerations and Characterization of Principal Groups
Chapter 1. Introductory Considerations: Bases, Difficulties, and Results of New Approaches
Chapter 2. Glossary of Terms and Concepts Useful in Ciliate Systematics
Chapter 3. Sources and Use of Differentiating Characters, and the Rationale Behind the New Classification
Chapter 4. Phylum CILIOPHORA: General Description and Overview of the Major Groups
Chapter 5. Class KINETOFRAGMINOPHORA: (1) The "Dawn" or Eociliates and the Problems They Pose
Chapter 6. Class KINETOFRAGMINOPHORA: (2) First of the "Typical" Ciliophorans, the Prostomatid, Haptorid, and Pleurostomatid Gymnostomes
Chapter 7. Class KINETOFRAGMINOPHORA: (3) The Vestibuhferans, from Trichostomes to Entodiniomorphids and Colpodids
Chapter 8. Class KINETOFRAGMINOPHORA: (4) The Independent Hypostomes, in All Their Intriguing Diversity
Chapter 9. Class KINETOFRAGMINOPHORA: (5) The Suctorians, a Most Singular Group
Chapter 10. Class OLIGOHYMENOPHORA
Chapter 11. Class OLIGOHYMENOPHORA
Chapter 12. Class OLIGOHYMENOPHORA
(1) The Hymenostomes sensu lato and sensu stricto
(2) The Scuticociliates, an Integral Separate Assemblage
(3) The Astomes, a Distinctive Group of Mouthless Hymenostomes
Chapter 13. Class OLIGOHYMENOPHORA: (4) The Peritrichs, Taxonomically a Perennial Puzzle
Chapter 14. Class POLYHYMENOPHORA: (1) The Heterotrichs, Base Group of the Spirotrichs, and the Odontostomes
Chapter 15. Class POLYHYMENOPHORA: (2) The Oligotrichs, Specialized Forms Often Neglected
Chapter 16. Class POLYHYMENOPHORA: (3) The Hypotrichs, a Ubiquitous and Highly Evolved Group
Chapter 17. Ciliate Evolution and Phylogeny
Part II. The Proposed System of Classification
Chapter 18. Comparison of Present Classification with Other Recent Major Proposals
Chapter 19. Taxonomic-Nomenclatural Principles and Procedures
Chapter 20. The Ciliate Taxa, Including Families and Their Genera
Part III. Guide to the Literature
Chapter 21. Major Monographs, Books, and Review Articles - and Principals in Ciliatology
Chapter 22. References Cited: A Selected Bibliography, with Emphasis on Works Published Since 1960
Systematic Index [Concluded with a Brief Host Index]
- No. of pages: 472
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: January 1, 1979
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Hardback ISBN: 9780080187525
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483121758
- eBook ISBN: 9781483154176
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