A history of Infusoria : including the Dismidiaceoe and Diatomaceoe, British and foreign / by Andrew Pritchard.

Date:
1861
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Credit: A history of Infusoria : including the Dismidiaceoe and Diatomaceoe, British and foreign / by Andrew Pritchard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ova producing germs or embryos, impregnation, production of new beings with and without metamorphosis, transtbriniition into Aeineta;, .34r); nature of Ciliated Pro- tozoa, their existence as inde])endent organisms, ecll-tlieory apjjliod lo tlicni, .'3(58; conditions of life, ^70; succession of species, 371; dm-alion of life, influence of external agents, heat and cold, 373; necessity of air, chemical agents, electricity and galvanism, 374; aflinities with other animals, geographical distribution, 375; classi- fication, 376. Subgroups of Ciliated Protozoa: Ichthydina, 380; Noctilucida, 382; Bysteria, 387. Rotatoria or Rotipeea : general characters, 392; appendages, 397; the muscular system, 406; movements, 409; the digestive system, 410; reception of food, its deglutition, 420; the secreting system, 422; the vascular and respiratory systems, 426; the nervous system, organs of sense, psychical endowments, 434; reproductive organs, 441; formation of ova, 442; development of embryo, 445; the embryo-metamor- phosis, 447; vrintfir ova, 450; male Rotatoria, 463; duration and conditions of life, habitats and distribution, 463; affinities and classification, 468; Ehrenberg's classifi- cation, 478; Dujardin and Leydig's classifications, 480. Tabdigrada : their structiire, habitats, and aflinities, 482. PART II.—A Systematic History of Infusoria, with Descriptions of the Families, G-enera, ahd Species. Group Phytozoa. Families: Monadina, 485; Hydromorina, 503; Cryptomonadina, 505; Volvocina, 514; Vibrionia, 529; Astasiaea or Euglensjea, 538; Dinobryina, 547. Group Protozoa—Subgroup Ehizopoda, 547: Amoebfca, .548; ArceUina, 551; Actino- phryina, 558 ; Acinetina, 564. — Subgroup Ciliata, 568. Astoma: OpaUnaea, 569; Cyclidina, 571; Peridinicea, 574. Stoviatoda: VorticeUina, 579; Ophi-ydina, Vaginifcra, 598; Enchelia, 605; Colepina, 616: Trachelina, 616; Ophryocercina,.630; Aspidis- cina, 631; Kolpodea or Colpodea, 631; Oxylrichina, 639; Euplotina, 645. Group Rotatoria. Families: Ichthydina, 660; OEcistina, 663 ; Megalotrocha\i, G64; Floscularia, 665 ; Hydatinasa, 677; Albertina, 693; Euchlanidota, 693; Plulodincea, 700; BrachionsEa, 706. Group Tardigrada, 713. Group Bacillaeia : Desmidiaceaj, 715 ; Diatomaceis, 756. Index to the Illustrations of the Diatomaceae, 941. Description of the Plates, 949. Index to the Families and Genera, 965.
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