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| Berger H. (2011): Monograph of the Hypotricha (Ciliophora): final spurt. - VI European Congress of Protistology, 25–29 July 2011, Berlin, Germany, Abstract booklet, p. 42. Abstract. Supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF; Project P-23415-B17). |
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Recently, the preparation of
the last volume of the Monograph of the Hypotricha has started.
The hypotrichs are one of the three major groups (euplotids +
(oligotrichs + hypotrichs)) of the spirotrichous ciliates which
have a prominent adoral zone of membranelles and a replication
band as synapomorphies. The final (= sixth) volume deals with
all taxa not yet treated in volumes 1-5, that is, the "spiralled"
genera (e.g., Hypotrichidium, Strongylidium, Stichotricha)
and a relatively high number of little known genera each comprising
only one, two, or three species. In addition, volume 6 will contain
a key to the taxa revised in all volumes. It is estimated that
about 700 valid species of hypotrichs are described, which corresponds
5-10% of the known ciliate diversity (Berger 2012/2013, Nomenclator
Ciliophorum, in prep.). When the monograph is complete, the hypotrichs
will be the sole very large group of ciliates which is revised
in detail. The review is an up-to-date overview about this highly
interesting taxon of ciliates which is very common in marine,
limnetic, and terrestrial habitats. The series is mainly addressed
to taxonomists, cell biologists, ecologists, molecular biologists,
and practitioners. The Monograph of the Hypotricha is published
by Springer in the book series Monographiae Biologicae (MB):
Berger (1999, Oxytrichidae, MB 78, 1092 pp; 2006, Urostyloidea,
MB 85, 1319 pp; 2008, Amphisiellidae and Trachelostylidae, MB
88, 753 pp; 2011, Gonostomatidae and Kahliellidae, MB 90, 755
pp; 2012, Uroleptidae and Paraholostichidae, in prep.; 2014/2015,
Strongylidiidae and remaining genera, in prep.). The preparation
of volumes 2-6 was and is supported by four grants of two Austrian
research funds. The financial support for volume 6 by the Austrian Science
Fund (FWF; Project P23415-B17) is greatly acknowledged.
Key words: cell division, infraciliature,
ontogenesis, phylogeny, Spirotricha, taxonomy, revision, review,
handbook, Handbuch
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