Animal diversity
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TextPublication details: New York McGraw-Hill, c2012Edition: 6th editionDescription: xvi, 479 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)ISBN: 9780073028064; 0073028061Subject(s): Zoology | Animal diversityDDC classification: 590 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online | Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes Index
Contents note continued: ch. 4 Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Animals --
Linnaeus and Taxonomy --
Species --
Taxonomic Characters and Reconstruction of Phylogeny --
Theories of Taxonomy --
Major Divisions of Life --
Major Subdivisions of the Animal Kingdom --
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ch. 5 Protozoan Groups (Unicellular Eukaryotes) --
Form and Function --
Protozoan Taxa --
Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification --
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ch. 6 Sponges: Phylum Porifera --
Ecological Relationships --
Form and Function --
Brief Survey of Sponges --
Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification --
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ch. 7 Radiate Animals: Cnidarians and Ctenophores --
Phylum Cnidaria --
Phylum Ctenophora --
Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification --
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Custom Website. Contents note continued: ch. 8 Acoelomorpha, Platyzoa, and Mesozoa: Flatworms, Gastrotrichs, Gnathiferans, and Mesozoans --
Phylum Acoelomorpha --
Clade Platyzoa --
Phylum Platyhelminthes --
Phylum Gastrotricha --
Clade Gnathifera --
Phylum Gnathostomulida --
Phylum Micrognathozoa --
Phylum Rotifera --
Phylum Acanthocephala --
Phylum Mesozoa --
Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification --
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ch. 9 Polyzoa and Kryptrochozoa: Cycliophora, Entoprocta, Ectoprocta, Brachiopoda, Phoronida, and Nemertea --
Clade Polyzoa --
Phylum Cycliophora --
Phylum Entoprocta --
Phylum Entoprocta --
Clade Brachiozoa --
Phylum Brachiopoda --
Phylum Phoronida --
Phylum Nemertea (Rhynchocoela) --
Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification --
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ch. 10 Molluscs --
Ecological Relationships --
Economic Importance --
Form and Function --
Classes Caudofoveata and Solenogastres. Contents note continued: Class Monoplacophora --
Class Polyplacophora: Chitons --
Class Scaphopoda --
Class Gastropoda --
Class Bivalvia (Pelecypoda) --
Class Cephalopoda --
Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification --
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ch. 11 Annelids and Allied Taxa --
Phylum Annelida --
Phylum Sipuncula --
Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification --
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ch. 12 Smaller Ecdysozoans --
Phylum Nematoda: Roundworms --
Phylum Nematomorpha --
Phylum Kinorhyncha --
Phylum Priapulida --
Phylum Loricifera --
Clade Panarthropoda --
Phylum Onychophora --
Phylum Tardigrada --
Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification --
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ch. 13 Arthropods --
Ecological Relationships --
Why Are Arthropods So Diverse and Abundant? --
Subphylum Trilobita --
Subphylum Chelicerata --
Subphylum Myriapoda --
Subphylum Crustacea. Contents note continued: Subphylum Hexapoda --
Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification --
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ch. 14 Chaetognaths, Echinoderms, and Hemichordates --
Phylum Chaetognatha: Arrow Worms --
Phylum Xenoturbellida --
Clade Ambulacraria --
Phylum Echinodermata --
Phylum Hemichordata --
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ch. 15 Vertebrate Beginnings: The Chordates --
Traditional and Cladistic Classification of the Chordates --
Five Chordate Hallmarks --
Ancestry and Evolution --
Subphylum Urochordata (Tunicata) --
Subphylum Cephalochordata --
Subphylum Vertebrata (Craniata) --
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ch. 16 Fishes --
Ancestry and Relationships of Major Groups of Fishes --
Living Jawless Fishes --
Cartilaginous Fishes: Class Chondrichthyes --
Bony Fishes: The Osteichthyes --
Structural and Functional Adaptations of Fishes --
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ch. 17 The Early Tetrapods and Modern Amphibians --
Movement onto Land --
Devonian Origin of Tetrapods --
Modern Amphibians --
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ch. 18 Amniote Origins and Nonavian Reptiles --
Origin and Early Evolution of Amniotes --
Characteristics and Natural History of Reptilian Orders --
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ch. 19 Birds --
Origin and Relationships --
Structural and Functional Adaptations for Flight --
Flight --
Migration and Navigation --
Social Behavior and Reproduction --
Humans and Bird Populations --
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ch. 20 Mammals --
Origin and Evolution of Mammals --
Structural and Functional Adaptations of Mammals --
Mammalian Populations --
Human Evolution --
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General References.
This text provides a concise introduction to the field of animal biology. Readers discover general principles of evolution, ecology, classification, systematics, and animal body plans. After these introductory chapters, readers delve into the biology of all groups of animals. The basic features of each group are discussed, along with evolutionary relationships among group members. Chapter highlights include newly discovered features of animals as they relate to ecology, conservation biology, and value to human society. Regular updates to the phylogenies within the book keep it current
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