Biology of the invertebrates
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Biology of the invertebrates
Wm. C. Brown Publishers, c1996
3rd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text covers all phyla of invertebrates with an emphasis on unifying characteristics of each group. It includes learning aids for students and uses etymology boxes for classification of terms. A taxonomic summary and taxonomic detail sections at the end of each chapter offer more information on diversity and serve as a reference.
Table of Contents
- Environmental considerations
- invertebrate classification
- the protozoan protists
- the poriferans and placozoans
- the cnidarians
- the platyhelminthes
- two possible flatworm relatives - gnathostomulids and mesozoans
- gnathostomulids and mesozoans
- introduction to the hydrostatic skeleton
- the nemertines
- the nematodes
- three phyla of uncertain affiliation - nematomorpha, acanthocephala and priapulida
- the rotifers and three related phyla
- the molluscs
- the annelids
- echiurans and sipunculans - likely annelid rivers
- the pogonophorans
- the anthropods
- two more phyla of uncertain affiliation
- tardigrades and onychophorans
- the lophophorates (phoronids, brachipods, bryozoans) and entoprocts
- the echinoderms
- the chaetognaths
- the hemichordates
- the nonvertebrate chordates
- invertebrate reproduction and development - an overview.
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