CONTENTS 



Preface vii 



Part I: General biology 3 



CHAPTER 



1 Introduction 5 



Relationship of protozoology to other fields of 

 biological science, p. 6; the history of protozool- 

 ogy, p. 10. 



2 Ecology 17 



The free-living Protozoa, p. 17; the parasitic 

 Protozoa, p. 24. 



3 Morphology 33 



The nucleus, p. 34; the cytosome, p. 38; loco- 

 motor organellae, p. 41; fibrillar structures, p. 

 52; protective or supportive organellae, p. 61; 

 hold-fast organellae, p. 65; the parabasal appa- 

 ratus, p. 66; the blepharoplast, p. 67; the Golgi 

 apparatus, p. 68; the chondriosomes, p. 70; the 

 contractile and other vacuoles, p. 73; the chro- 

 matophore and associated organellae, p. 78. 



4 Physiology 84 



Nutrition, p. 84; the reserve food matter, p. 98; 

 respiration, p. 101; excretion and secretion, p. 

 103; movements, p. 106; irritability, p. 113. 



5 Reproduction 122 



Nuclear division, p. 122; cytosomic division, p. 

 143; colony formation, p. 145; asexual repro- 

 duction, p. 147; sexual reproduction and life- 

 cycles, p. 149; regeneration, p. 170. 



6 Variation and heredity 176 



Part II: Taxonomy and special biology 191 



CHAPTER 



7 Major groups and phylogeny of Protozoa 193 



8 Phylum Protozoa 198 



Subphylum 1 Plasmodroma 198 



Class 1 Mastigophora 198 



Subclass 1 Phytomastigina 200 



Order 1 Chrysomonadina 200 



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