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An Illustrated Key to the Higher Groups of the Ciliated Protozoa, with Definition of Terms *
Author(s) -
CORLISS JOHN O.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1959.tb04368.x
Subject(s) - terminology , key (lock) , ciliate , plea , protozoa , vocabulary , biology , zoology , sibling species , taxon , genealogy , evolutionary biology , linguistics , ecology , history , philosophy , political science , botany , law
SYNOPSIS. A dichotomous, analytical key is offered for use in recognition and differentiation of the 26 orders and suborders belonging to the two subclasses of the single class Ciliata of the subphylum CILIOPHORA. The basic terminology employed in these brief characterizations, usable in systematic studies of ciliates in general, is defined first, and a plea is made for a more uniform vocabulary, especially in reference to structures which are without doubt homologous throughout the several higher ciliate taxa. Particular emphasis is placed on the all‐important features in the oral area; many of these are figured as well as being described in words. Both the key and the definitions are essentially the first to be offered since Kahl's monographic work on the ciliates published in 1930–1935. They are demanded by the great accumulation of new pertinent data in the protozoclogical literature of the past 25 years.