The Invertebrates
A New Synthesis
2nd Edition
Published on 24. May 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
496 pages
978-0-632-03127-6 (ISBN)
Description
The majority of undergraduate texts in invertebrate zoology fall into one of two categories. They either offer a systematic treatment of groups of animals phylum by phylum, or adopt a functional approach to the various invertebrate anatomical and physiological systems of the better known species. The Invertebrates: a New Synthesis is the first and only textbook to integrate both approaches and thus meet the modern teaching needs of the subject.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
464
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 219 mm
Weight
1734 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-632-03127-6 (9780632031276)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
I:Evolutionary Introduction; Introduction - Basic approach and principles; The evolutionary history and phylogeny of the invertebrates; II:The Invertebrate Phyla; Parallel approaches to animal multicellularity; The worms; The molluscs; The lophophorates; The deuterostomes; Invertebrates with legs: the arthropods and similar groups; III:Invertebrate Functional Biology; Feeding; Mechanics and movements (locomotion); Respiration; Excretion, ionic and osmotic regulation, and buoyancy; Defence; Reproduction and life cycles; Development; Control systems; Basic principles revisited; Glossary