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Author Foissner, Wilhelm.

Title Monograph of the Spathidiida (Ciliophora, Haptoria). Vol. I, Protospathidiidae, Arcuospathidiidae, Apertospathulidae / by Wilhelm Foissner and Kuidong Xu
Published Dordrecht : Springer, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Series Monographiae biologicae, 0077-0639 ; v. 81
Monographiae biologicae ; v. 81. 0077-0639
Contents General section -- Systematic section. Family Protospathidiidae nov. fam. -- Family Arcuospathidiidae nov. fam. -- Family Apertospathulidae -- Literature -- Systematic index -- Micrographs
Summary The spathidiids belong to the ciliate subclass Haptoria (Protozoa, Ciliophora), that is, they are predators using toxicysts to overwhelm the prey. Over 200 nominal spathidiid species have been described, sometimes based on seemingly minute differences. Thus, many protozoologists considered them as indeterminable and claimed for a detailed revision. The present monograph carefully revises the taxonomy, nomenclature, and ecology of all nominal species and shows that spathidiid diversity has been greatly underestimated. Based on the reinvestigation of described species with modern methods (silver impregnation, scanning electron microscopy) and the first description of over 50 new species, the family Spathidiidae is split into four families and 20 genera. Each species is described and figured in detail, making it unnecessary to go back to the original literature often difficult to obtain. Two identification keys are provided, viz., one for taxonomists and another, simple key for users not specifically trained in ciliate taxonomy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Spathidiidae -- Classification
Ciliata -- Classification
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Ciliata
Spathidiidae
Genre/Form Classification
Form Electronic book
Author Xu, Kuidong.
ISBN 9781402047350
1402047355
9781402042102
1402042108
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9781280816710