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

• Main Authors: Foissner, Wilhelm (Author), Xu, Kuidong (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
• Series: Monographiae Biologicae, 81
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

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