02840nam a22004695i 4500 978-1-4020-4735-0 DE-He213 20260521092112.0 cr nn 008mamaa 100301s2007 ne | s |||| 0|eng d 9781402047350 99781402047350 10.1007/1-4020-4735-5 doi 590 23 Foissner, Wilhelm. author. Monograph of the Spathidiida (Ciliophora, Haptoria) [electronic resource] : Vol I: Protospathidiidae, Arcuospathidiidae, Apertospathulidae / by Wilhelm Foissner, Kuidong Xu. Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007. IX, 485 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Monographiae Biologicae, 0077-0639 ; 81 General Section -- Systematic Section -- Family Protospathidiidae nov. gam. -- Family Arcuospathidiidae nov. fam. -- Family Apertospathulidea FOISSNER, XU & KREUTZ, 2005. 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. LIFE SCIENCES. BIODIVERSITY. ZOOLOGY. LIFE SCIENCES. ZOOLOGY. ANIMAL SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY/BIOGEOGRAPHY. BIODIVERSITY. Xu, Kuidong. author. SpringerLink (Online service) Springer eBooks Printed edition: 9781402042102 Monographiae Biologicae, 0077-0639 ; 81 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4735-5 Ver el texto completo en las instalaciones del CICY ZDB-2-SBL ddc ER 36918 36918 0 0 ddc 0 0 LE CICY CICY EL 2025-10-06 0 590 2025-10-06 08:45:14 2025-10-06 ER