The Ciliated Protozoa

1. Introduction and Progress in the Last Half Century

2. Glossary of Terms and Concepts Useful in Ciliate Systematics

3. Characters and the Rationale Behind the New Classification

4. Phylum CILIOPHORA — Conjugating, Ciliated Protists with Nuclear Dualism

5. Subphylum 1. POSTCILIODESMATOPHORA: Class 1. KARYORELICTEA — The “Dawn” or Eociliates

6. Subphylum 1. POSTCILIODESMATOPHORA: Class 2. HETEROTRICHEA — Once Close to the Top

7. Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 1. SPIROTRICHEA — Ubiquitous and Morphologically Complex

8. Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 2. ARMOPHOREA — Sapropelibionts that Once Were Heterotrichs

9. Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 3. LITOSTOMATEA — Simple Ciliates but Highly Derived

10. Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 4. PHYLLOPHARYNGEA — Diverse in Form, Related in Structure

11. Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 5. NASSOPHOREA — Diverse, Yet Still Possibly Pivotal

12. Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 6. COLPODEA — Somatically Conserved but Orally Diverse

13. Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 7. PROSTOMATEA — Once Considered Ancestral, Now Definitely Derived

14. Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 8. PLAGIOPYLEA — A True Riboclass of Uncommon Companions

15. Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 9. OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA — Once a Pivotal Group, Now a Terminal Radiation

16. Deep Phylogeny, Gene Sequences, and Character State Evolution — Mapping the Course of Ciliate Evolution

17. The Ciliate Taxa Including Families and Genera

DRM-restrictions

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Keywords: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / General SCI008000