Invertebrates / Richard C. Brusca, PhD, Executive Director Emeritus, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Research Scientist, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Wendy Moore, PhD, Assistant Professor and Curator, department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Stephen M. Shuster, PhD, Professor of Invertebrate Zoology and Curator, department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University. . - Third edition. Libros / Impreso - Libros
Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. CONTENIDO: Introduction -- Systematics, Phylogeny, and Classification -- The Protists: Kingdom Protista -- Introduction to the Animal Kingdom: Animal Architecture and Body Plans -- Introduction to the Animal Kingdom: Development, Life Histories, and Origin -- 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: The Flatworms -- Four Enigmatic Protostome Phyla: Rhombozoa, Orthonectida, Chaetognatha, Gastrotricha -- Phylum Nemertea: The Ribbon Worms -- Phylum Mollusca -- 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: Tardigrades, Onychophorans, and the Arthropod Body Plan -- Phylum Arthropoda: Crustacea: Crabs, Shrimps, and Their Kin -- 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: Cephalochordata and Urochordata -- Perspectives on Invertebrate Phylogeny.
