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 20 



Free-living Protozoa, p. 20; parasitic Proto- 

 zoa, p. 28. 



3 Morphology 39 



The nucleus, p. 40; the cytoplasm, p. 45; loco- 

 motor organellae, p. 49; fibrillar structures, p. 

 60; protective or supportive organellae, p. 70; 

 hold-fast organellae, p. 76; parabasal appa- 

 ratus, p. 77; Golgi apparatus, p. 78; chondri- 

 osomes, p. 80; contractile and other vacuoles, p. 

 83; chromatophore and associated organellae, 

 p. 89. 



4 Physiology 97 



Nutrition, p. 97; reserve food matter, p. 112; 

 respiration, p. 116; excretion and secretion, p. 

 118; movements, p. 122; irritability, p. 130. 



5 Reproduction 145 



Nuclear division, p. 145; cytoplasmic division, p. 

 166; colony formation, p. 173; asexual repro- 

 duction, p. 175; sexual reproduction and life- 

 cycles, p. 180; regeneration, p. 212. 



6 Variation and heredity 223 



Part II: Taxonomy and special biology 247 



CHAPTER 



7 Major groups and phylogeny of Protozoa 249 



8 Phylum Protozoa 254 



Subphylum 1 Plasmodroma 254 



Class 1 Mastigophora 254 



Subclass 1 Phytomastigina 256 



Order 1 Chrysomonadina 256 



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