Monographiae Biologicae

Vol I: Protospathidiidae, Arcuospathidiidae, Apertospathulidae

By: Wilhelm Foissner, Kuidong Xu

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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.

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Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
General Section	p. 1
Morphology and Principal Terms	p. 1
Life Cycle	p. 23
Parasitism	p. 40
Methods: Collecting, Culturing, Observing and Staining of Spathidiid Ciliates	p. 41
Systematic Section	p. 54
How to Describe a Ciliate?	p. 54
Species/ Subspecies Concept	p. 54
How to Use the Monograph?	p. 55
Key to Families	p. 56
Family Protospathidiidae nov. fam. (14 species)	p. 57
Genus Edaphospathula nov. gen. (7 species)	p. 59
Genus Protospathidium (7 species)	p. 93
Family Arcuospathidiidae nov. fam. (27 species)	p. 155
Genus Arcuospathidium (13 species)	p. 156
Genus Cultellothrix (7 species)	p. 267
Genus Armatospathula nov. gen. (4 species)	p. 308
Genus Spathidiodes (3 species)	p. 325
Family Apertospathulidae (14 species)	p. 330
Genus Apertospathula (9 species)	p. 331
Genus Longispatha (2 species)	p. 366
Genus Rhinothrix (3 species)	p. 374
Literature	p. 385
Systematic Index	p. 394
Micrographs	p. 401
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