The Urostyloidea are a large group of hypotrichs comprising
limnetic, marine, and terrestrial species in well-known genera like
Holosticha, Urostyla, and Pseudokeronopsis. Holosticha pullaster is
one of the most common hypotrichs in freshwater and the sea.
This monograph is the second of a series treating the
hypotrichs, a major part of the spirotrichous ciliates. The
urostyloids are characterised by a zigzag-arrangement of the
ventral cirri. Like the first part of the series, the Oxytrichidae,
it summarises the morphological, morphogenetic, faunistic, and
ecological data from the past 230 years, scattered in more than
1300 references from all over the world. Dichotomous keys lead to
36 genera and subgenera comprising 153 species illustrated by more
than 2100 figures, including original ones. The treatise offers
taxonomists, cell biologists, and ecologists a thorough and
up-to-date revision because for each species a detailed list of
synonyms, a discussion of the nomenclature and systematics, and an
extensive description of the morphology and ecology, including
almost all published faunistic records, are provided. With the
monographs of the Urostyloidea and the Oxytrichidae the interested
scientist can identify more than 320 species of hypotrichs, which
are an important component of the eukaryotic microbial life in
limnetic, marine, and terrestrial habitats.
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