The Ciliated Protozoa

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxiii

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2. Introduction and Progress in the Last Half Century

   Pages 1-14

3. Glossary of Terms and Concepts Useful in Ciliate Systematics

   Pages 15-73

4. Characters and the Rationale Behind the New Classification

   Pages 75-88

5. Phylum CILIOPHORA – Conjugating, Ciliated Protists with Nuclear Dualism

   Pages 89-120

6. Subphylum 1. POSTCILIODESMATOPHORA: Class 1. KARYORELICTEA – The “Dawn” or Eociliates

   Pages 121-128

7. Subphylum 1. POSTCILIODESMATOPHORA: Class 2. HETEROTRICHEA – Once Close to the Top

   Pages 129-139

8. Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 1. SPIROTRICHEA – Ubiquitous and Morphologically Complex

   Pages 141-173

9. Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 2. ARMOPHOREA – Sapropelebionts that Once Were Heterotrichs

   Pages 175-185

10. Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 3. LITOSTOMATEA – Simple Ciliates but Highly Derived

    Pages 187-208

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

    Pages 209-231

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

    Pages 233-242

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

    Pages 243-256

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

    Pages 257-268

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

    Pages 269-277

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

    Pages 279-326

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

    Pages 327-338

18. The Ciliate Taxa Including Families and Genera

    Pages 339-440

19. Back Matter

    Pages 441-605

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distances between groups of ciliates were as vast as significant hurdles to obtain copyright permissions the genetic distances between plants and animals for the over 1,000 required illustrations, and I put – THE major eukaryotic kingdoms at that time! the publication schedule ahead of this element. I continued to collaborate with Mitch, and in There are a number of significant illustrated guides 1991 my first “molecular” Magisterial student, to genera and species that have recently been pub- Spencer Greenwood, published an article estab- lished. References are made to these throughout lishing 1990 or thereabouts as the beginning of the book as sources that readers can consult for this the “Age of Refinement” – the period when gene aspect of ciliate diversity. A future project that I am sequencing techniques would deepen our under- contemplating is an illustrated guide to all the valid standing of the major lines of evolution within ciliate genera.

• Ciliates
• Classification
• Ecology
• Protistology
• Protozoa
• Taxonomy
• genes
• microorganisms
• phylogeny
• Model invertebrates

From the reviews of the third edition:

"The book is a combination of rigour, detail, and clarity. The prose is succinct and accessible, and the illustrations … are appropriate … . Of course, protozoologists will benefit from owning, or having access to this book, but others including applied and pure ecologist and broad range of phylogenists, microbiologists, and ultrastruturalists will appreciate its content and views. … it is a comprehensive reference work for students, teachers, and researchers interested in ciliate phylogeny, taxonomy, life histories, structure, and function." (David J.S. Montagnes, Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, Vol. 18 (1), March, 2009)

• Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

  Denis H. Lynn

Dr. Denis H. Lynn received his graduate training at the University of Toronto where he received his Ph.D. Protozoology in 1975. His early research on the comparative ultrastructure of ciliates was published in Biological Reviews and lead to a revised classification of the Phylum Ciliophora, which was published in 1981 in collaboration with Eugene B. Small. Dr. Lynn has published extensively on ciliates, authoring more than a dozen book chapters and almost 120 refereed publications. He is currently a full professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, and Editor in Chief of The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.

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