The Ciliated Protozoa

Dedication.- Acknowledgements.- Preface to Third Edition.- List of Tables.- List of Figures.- Introduction and Progress in the Last Half Century.- Glossary of Terms and Concepts Useful in Ciliate Systematics.- Characters and the Rationale behind the New Classification.- Phylum CILIOPHORA – Conjugating, Ciliated Protists with Nuclear Dualism.- Subphylum 1. POSTCILIODESMATOPHORA: Class 1. Karyorelictea – The 'Dawn' or Eociliates.- Subphylum 1. POSTCILIODESMATOPHORA: Class 2. Heterotrichea – Once Close to the Top.- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 1. Spirotrichea – Ubiquitous and Morphologically Complex.- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 2. Armophorea – Sapropelibionts That Once Were Heterotrichs.- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 3. Litostomatea – Simple Ciliates but Highly Derived.- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 4. Phyllopharyngea – Diverse in Form, Related in Structure.- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 5. Nassophorea – Diverse, Yet Still Possibly Pivotal.- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 6. Colpodea – Somatically Conserved but Orally Diverse.- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 7. Prostomatea – Once Considered Ancestral, Now Definitely Derived.- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 8. Plagiopylea – A True Riboclass of Uncommon Companions.- Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 9. Oligohymenophorea – Once a Pivotal Group, Now a Terminal Radiation.- Deep Phylogeny, Gene Sequences, And Character State Evolution – Mapping The Course Of Ciliate Evolution.- The Ciliate Taxa Including Families And Genera.- References.- Subject Index.- Systematic Index.