The Ciliated Protozoa: Characterization, Classification, and Guide to the Literature

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Introduction and Progress in the Last Half Century....Pages 1-14
Glossary of Terms and Concepts Useful in Ciliate Systematics....Pages 15-73
Characters and the Rationale Behind the New Classification....Pages 75-88
Phylum CILIOPHORA – Conjugating, Ciliated Protists with Nuclear Dualism....Pages 89-120
Subphylum 1. POSTCILIODESMATOPHORA: Class 1. KARYORELICTEA – The “Dawn” or Eociliates....Pages 121-128
Subphylum 1. POSTCILIODESMATOPHORA: Class 2. HETEROTRICHEA – Once Close to the Top....Pages 129-139
Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 1. SPIROTRICHEA – Ubiquitous and Morphologically Complex....Pages 141-173
Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 2. ARMOPHOREA – Sapropelebionts that Once Were Heterotrichs....Pages 175-185
Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 3. LITOSTOMATEA – Simple Ciliates but Highly Derived....Pages 187-208
Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 4. PHYLLOPHARYNGEA — Diverse in Form, Related in Structure....Pages 209-231
Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 5. NASSOPHOREA — Diverse, Yet Still Possibly Pivotal....Pages 233-242
Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 6. COLPODEA — Somatically Conserved but Orally Diverse....Pages 243-256
Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 7. PROSTOMATEA — Once Considered Ancestral, Now Definitely Derived....Pages 257-268
Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 8. PLAGIOPYLEA — A True Riboclass of Uncommon Companions....Pages 269-277
Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 9. OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA — Once a Pivotal Group, Now a Terminal Radiation....Pages 279-326
Deep Phylogeny, Gene Sequences, and Character State Evolution — Mapping the Course of Ciliate Evolution....Pages 327-338
The Ciliate Taxa Including Families and Genera....Pages 339-440
Back Matter....Pages 441-605