Invertebrates

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-60535-375-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 1104 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 223 mm x 277 mm, Gewicht: 2560 g

Published by Sinauer Associates, an imprint of Oxford University Press.

In the twelve years since publication of Invertebrates, Second Edition, fundamental shifts have occurred in our understanding of the origins and evolutionary relationships among protists and animals. These changes are largely due to the explosion of molecular phylogenetics and evo-devo research, emergence of the new field of animal genomics, major fossil discoveries in China, Australia, and elsewhere, and important new embryological and ultrastructural studies. As a result:

- New phyla have been described (e.g., Micrognathozoa, Xenacoelomorpha).
- Old phyla have been collapsed into others (e.g., Sipuncula and Echiura are now placed within Annelida; acanthocephalans are now known to be highly modified, parasitic rotifers).
- Phyla once thought to be deuterostomes are now part of the protostome clade (e.g., Chaetognatha, Phoronida, Bryozoa, Brachiopoda).
- The Protostomia has been reorganized into two major clades known as Ecdysozoa and Spiralia.

For each of the thirty-two currently recognized phyla, Invertebrates, Third Edition, presents detailed classifications, revised taxonomic synopses, updated information on general biology and anatomy, and current phylogenetic hypotheses, organized with boxes and tables, and illustrated with abundant line drawings and new color photos. The chapters are organized around the "new animal phylogeny," while introductory chapters provide basic background information on the general biology of
invertebrates. Two new coauthors have been added to the writing team, and twenty-two additional invertebrate zoologists have contributed to chapter revisions. This benchmark volume on our modern views of invertebrate biology should be in every zoologist's library.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brusca, Richard C.

Moore, Wendy

Shuster, Stephen M.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Classification, Systematics, Phylogeny.- The Protists: Kingdom Protista.- Introduction to Metazoa: Animal Architecture.- Introduction to Metazoa: Animal Development, Life Histories, and Origins.- Introduction to the Animal Kingdom Two Basal Metazoan Phyla: Porifera and Placozoa.- Phylum Cnidaria: Anemones, Corals, Jellyfish, and Their Kin.- Phylum Ctenophora: The Comb Jellies.- Introduction to the Bilateria, and the Phylum Xenacoelomorpha: Triploblasty and Bilateral Symmetry Provide New Avenues for Animal Radiation.- Phylum Platyhelminthes: Flatworms and Their Kin.- Four Enigmatic Protostome Phyla: Rhombozoa, Orthonectida, Chaetognatha, Gastrotricha.- Phylum Nemertea: The Ribbon Worms.- Phylum Mollusca: Snails, Clams, Cephalopods, and Their Kin.- Phylum Annelida: The Segmented (and Some Unsegmented) Worms.- Two Enigmatic Spiralian Phyla: Entoprocta and Cycliophora.- The Gnathifera: Phyla Gnathostomulida, Rotifera (including Acanthocephala), and Micrognathozoa.- The Lophophorates: Phyla Phoronida, Bryozoa, and Brachiopoda.- The Nematoida: Phyla Nematoda and Nematomorpha.- The Scalidophora: Phyla Kinorhyncha, Priapula, and Loricifera.- The Emergence of the Arthropods: Onychophora, Tardigrada, Trilobites, and the Arthropod Body Plan.- Phylum Arthropoda: The Crustacea.- Phylum Arthropoda The Hexapoda: Insects and Their Kin.- Phylum Arthropoda The Myriapods: Centipedes, Millipedes, and Their Kin.- Phylum Arthropoda: The Chelicerata.- Introduction to Deuterostomes, and the Phylum Echinodermata.- Phylum Hemichordata: Acorn Worms and Pterobranchs.- Phylum Chordata: Urochordata and Cephalochordata.- Perspectives on Invertebrate Phylogeny.

Über Autor(innen)

Richard C. Brusca is Director of Conservation and Research at the Arizona–Sonora Desert Museum, and also holds adjunct research positions at the University of Arizona and CIAD (Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo), Mexico. He earned a B.S. at California State Polytechnic University, an M.Sc. at California State University (Los Angeles), and a Ph.D. at the University of Arizona. The author of over 100 research publications, including six books, Dr. Brusca is a widely recognized invertebrate zoologist, marine biologist, and Sea of Cortez and Sonoran Desert naturalist. He is a Fellow in both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Linnean Society (London). Dr. Brusca has been the recipient of research grants from numerous organizations, including the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Geographic Society.