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Author Berger, Helmut, Dr.

Title Monograph of the Urostyloidea (Ciliophora, Hypotricha) / by Helmut Berger
Published Dordrecht, the Netherlands : Springer, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 1303 pages) : illustrations
Series Monographiae biologicae ; v. 85
Monographiae biologicae ; v. 85.
Contents A. General Section. 1. Morphology, Biology, and Terminology. 2. Phylogeny 3 Previous Classifications and Revisions. 4. Parasitism. 5. Ecology, Occurrence, and Geographic Distribution. 6. Collecting, Culturing, Observing, and Staining of Urostyloid Ciliates. 7. Species Concept and Nomenclature -- B. Systematic Section. Urostyloidae. Taxa of Unknown Position within the Urostyloidea. Supplement to the Oxytrichidae. Taxa not Considered -- Addenda. References. Systematic Index -- Table Index
Summary This monograph is the second of a series treating the hypotrichs, a major part of the spirotrichous ciliates. The urostyloids are characterised by a zigzag-arrangement of the ventral cirri. Like the first part of the series, the "Oxytrichidae", it summarises the morphological, morphogenetic, faunistic, and ecological data from the past 230 years, scattered in more than 1300 references from all over the world. Dichotomous keys lead to 36 genera and subgenera comprising 153 species illustrated by more than 2100 figures, including original ones. The treatise offers taxonomists, cell biologists, and ecologists a thorough and up-to-date revision because for each species a detailed list of synonyms, a discussion of the nomenclature and systematics, and an extensive description of the morphology and ecology, including almost all published faunistic records, are provided. With the monographs of the "Urostyloidea" and the "Oxytrichidae," the interested scientist can identify more than 320 species of hypotrichs, which are an important component of the eukaryotic microbial life in limnetic, marine, and terrestrial habitats
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 1223-1276)-and indexes
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Subject Hypotrichida -- Classification
Hypotrichida -- Identification
Hypotrichida.
Protozoa.
Ciliophora -- classification
Ciliophora
Hypotrichida
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology.
Hypotrichida.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Protozoa
Hypotrichida
Genre/Form Classification
Field guides
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007425005
ISBN 1402052723
9781402052729
9781402052736
1402052731
1280864915
9781280864919
6610864918
9786610864911