A useful text for identifying ciliates

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:21 am

A couple of years ago, I scanned my old copy of Alfred Kahl's 4-volume revision of the ciliates. I've posted a copy of the .pdf on my website, www.itcamefromthepond.com , under "Sites and Sources."

The book has been available online for a number of years, at the protist information server, but the interface there is awkward. If you would find it useful to have your own searchable copy, please help yourself.

Note that Kahl's taxonomy is out of date. However, once you have his name for an organism, it's usually quite easy to check for synonymy on Catalogue of Life ( http://www.catalogueoflife.org/ ) or NIES ( http://www.nies.go.jp/chiiki1/protoz/ ).

Merry Christmas, all!

Tom Jones · Post by **Tom Jones** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:53 am

Hi Bruce,

I downloaded Vol 1 twice and I get a "corrupted file" error when I try to open it.

The others all worked fine. Could you check it? Thanks. And thanks for the files!

Tom

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 10:01 am

Thanks for the heads up, Tom. I'll check it.

ETA, yes that file's damaged. I'll replace it!

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 10:32 am

OK, I've replaced the damaged file. Let me know if anything else needs fixing.

Tom Jones · Post by **Tom Jones** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:29 pm

It works fine now. Thanks!

Tom