Monograph of the Spathidiida (Ciliophora, Haptoria) Vol I: Protospathidiidae, Arcuospathidiidae, Apertospathulidae /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Foissner, Wilhelm (Συγγραφέας), Xu, Kuidong (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
• Σειρά: Monographiae Biologicae, 81
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Biodiversity.; Zoology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.

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 i...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• General Section
• Systematic Section
• Family Protospathidiidae nov. gam.
• Family Arcuospathidiidae nov. fam.
• Family Apertospathulidea FOISSNER, XU & KREUTZ, 2005.