Marine decapod crustacea : a guide to families and genera of the world
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Bibliographic Information
Marine decapod crustacea : a guide to families and genera of the world
CRC Press , CSIRO Publishing, c2023
- : hbk
Available at 7 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 877-879) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The authors are two of the best taxonomic experts in crustacean decapods, who have established the actual taxonomy and systematic of numerous and important groups of decapods. They have introduced new views and approaches on the taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of these crustaceans.
This international edition adds diagnoses and identification keys to all world families and genera: this information simply doesn't exist in any other book.
During the last decade, the world register of marine species (WORMS) has created the list of known species and promoted the publication of numerous compilations on crustacean decapods. However, except specialists of each taxa, very few colleagues can identify correctly the new families and genera - there are no keys to these new groups. This book is the first to contain these world keys and is therefore a life rope for students, marine biologists, taxonomists and naturalists.
The mixture of taxonomic line drawings, color illustrations and images of real-life specimens is extremely helpful for identification, especially when working in the field.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Systematics 3. Dendrobranchiata - prawns and shrimps 4. Stenopodidea - coral shrimps and Venus shrimps 5. Procarididea - shrimps 6. Caridea - shrimps 7. Astacidea - scampi and crayfish 8. Glypheidea - lobsters 9. Axiidea - sponge shrimps, ghost shrimps and mud lobsters 10. Gebiidea - mud lobsters and sponge shrimps 11. Achelata - spiny lobsters, slipper lobsters and bugs 12. Polychelida - deep-sea lobsters 13. Anomura - hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, king crabs, mole crabs, squat lobsters 14. Brachyura - crabs. Glossary. Credits. Index to genus-group, family-group and higher taxonomic names
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