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Invertebrates

By: Brusca, Richard CContributor(s): Brusca, Gary JMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, c2003Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xix, 936 p. : ill. (some col.)ISBN: 0878930973 (hardcover)Subject(s): InvertebratesDDC classification: 592 Online resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

Classification, systematics, and phylogeny -- Animal architecture and the bauplan concept -- Animal development, life histories, and origins -- The protists -- Phylum Porifera : the sponges -- Four phyla of uncertain affinity -- Phylum Cnidaria -- Phylum Ctenophora : the comb jellies -- Phylum Platyhelminthes -- Phylum Nemertea : the ribbon worms -- Blastocoelomates and other phyla -- Phylum Annelida : the segmented worms -- Sipuncula and Echiura -- The emergence of the arthropods : onychophorans, tardigrades, trilobites, and the arthropod bauplan -- Phylum Arthropoda : the Crustacea -- Phylum Arthropoda : the Hexapoda (insects and their kin) -- Phylum Arthropoda : the myriapods (centipedes, millipedes, and their kin) -- Phylum Arthropoda : the Cheliceriformes -- Phylum Mollusca -- Lophophorates -- Phylum Echinodermata -- Other deuterostomes : Chaetognatha, Hemichordata, Chordata -- Perspectives on invertebrate phylogeny.

Summary: Invertebrates, Second Edition presents a modern survey of the 34 animal phyla (plus the Protista) and serves as both a college course text and a reference on invertebrate biology. Thorough and up-to-date, it is organized around the themes of bauplans (body plans) and evolution (phylogenetics). Each phylum is organized in a standardized fashion, treating the systematics, bauplan (support and movement, feeding and digestion, circulation and gas exchange, excretion and osmoregulation, nervous system, reproduction and development), and phylogeny. Detailed classifications, phylogenetic trees, and references for all phyla are provided. Tables summarize each phylum's defining attributes. The text is accompanied by an abundance of detailed line drawings and -- new to this edition -- color photographs. - Publisher.

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Included Index

Classification, systematics, and phylogeny --
Animal architecture and the bauplan concept --
Animal development, life histories, and origins --
The protists --
Phylum Porifera : the sponges --
Four phyla of uncertain affinity --
Phylum Cnidaria --
Phylum Ctenophora : the comb jellies --
Phylum Platyhelminthes --
Phylum Nemertea : the ribbon worms --
Blastocoelomates and other phyla --
Phylum Annelida : the segmented worms --
Sipuncula and Echiura --
The emergence of the arthropods : onychophorans, tardigrades, trilobites, and the arthropod bauplan --
Phylum Arthropoda : the Crustacea --
Phylum Arthropoda : the Hexapoda (insects and their kin) --
Phylum Arthropoda : the myriapods (centipedes, millipedes, and their kin) --
Phylum Arthropoda : the Cheliceriformes --
Phylum Mollusca --
Lophophorates --
Phylum Echinodermata --
Other deuterostomes : Chaetognatha, Hemichordata, Chordata --
Perspectives on invertebrate phylogeny.

Invertebrates, Second Edition presents a modern survey of the 34 animal phyla (plus the Protista) and serves as both a college course text and a reference on invertebrate biology. Thorough and up-to-date, it is organized around the themes of bauplans (body plans) and evolution (phylogenetics). Each phylum is organized in a standardized fashion, treating the systematics, bauplan (support and movement, feeding and digestion, circulation and gas exchange, excretion and osmoregulation, nervous system, reproduction and development), and phylogeny. Detailed classifications, phylogenetic trees, and references for all phyla are provided. Tables summarize each phylum's defining attributes. The text is accompanied by an abundance of detailed line drawings and -- new to this edition -- color photographs. - Publisher.

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