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Monograph of the Spathidiida (Ciliophora, Haptoria)

by Foissner, W.; Xu, K.

Series : Monographiae Biologicae
Volume: 81
Publisher : Springer
Illustrations : numerous figs

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Description:

Over 200 nominal spathidiid species have been described. 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. Two identification keys: one for taxonomists and another, simple key for users not specifically trained in ciliate taxonomy