The invertebrates : a new synthesis /
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| Author / Creator: | Barnes, R. S. K. (Richard Stephen Kent) |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Oxford [England] ; Boston : Blackwell Scientific, 1993. |
| Description: | viii, 488 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2722255 |
Table of Contents:
- 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
