Elsevier's dictionary of invertebrates (excluding insects) : in Latin, English, French, German, and Spanish /
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2000. |
| Description: | xliv, 449 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English French German Spanish Latin |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4440048 |
| Summary: | Hardbound. The dictionary contains 4,613 national names of species and subspecies of invertebrates (excluding insects), covering the whole world, with, for each name, in abbreviated form, the phylum, class, order and family of the zoological system. It is not exclusively focused on geographical terms, but it also contains local names.Phyla covered include: Plasmodroma (plasmodromic animals), Ciliophora (ciliophores), Moruloidea (moruloid animals), Porifera (sponges), Cnidaria (cnidarids), Platyhelminthes (flatworms), Nemathelminthes (roundworms), Acanthocephala (spiny-headed worms), Gephyrea (gephyrids), Nemertoidea (ribbon worms), Aschelminthes (aschelminths), Mollusca (molluscs), Annelida (ringed worms), Tentaculata (tentaculates), Archipodiata (archipodiates), Arthropoda (jointed-legged animals excluding insects). |
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| Physical Description: | xliv, 449 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. xliii-xliv). |
| ISBN: | 0444505350 |
